incivilizationn.
/ɪnˌsɪvɪlɪˈzeɪʃən//ɪnˌsɪvɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ Uncivilized condition; want of civilization.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun]
barbarousness1549
Barbary1564
barbarity1570
barbarism1584
incivility1584
uncivility1598
wildness1639
ferity1646
the (also a) state of nature1650
savagism1665
savagery1782
semi-barbarism1817
barbarization1822
incivilization1823
semibarbarianism1828
savagedom1844
barbarianism1854
uncivilizedness1879
uncivilization1880
bruteness1883
semi-savagedom1887
1823 New Monthly Mag. 9 169/2 His excuse is at best incivilization and ignorance.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. v. 218 A terrible worker; irresistible against..incivilisation.
1861 W. Gresley Sophron & Neologus 145 We have spoken, in a former paper, of the incivilization of China.
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