incivismn.
/ˈɪnsɪvɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsɪˌvɪzəm/ The opposite of civism n.; want of good citizenship.
a. In reference to the French Revolution: want of loyalty to the principles of the Revolution: regarded as a crime against the Republic.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > political disaffection > [noun] > with reference to French Revolution
incivism1794
1794 J. Gifford Reign Louis XVI 563 As the body guard which had been allotted to the king by the constitution was particularly suspected of incivism, it was disbanded.
1794 R. Heron Inform. Powers at War 185 None dare absent themselves; for, such an act of incivism would be punished with the loss of liberty and property.
1887 M. Arnold in 19th Cent. May 634 I should not like to be brought before him as President of a Committee of Safety, on a charge of incivism.
b. In reference to other states and times.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > lack of good citizenship
incivism1820
1820 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. I. 91 Judge Abbot..put the question on the ground of incivism, and not on the religious ground.
1865 G. Grote Plato I. viii. 303 Socrates is to be..exculpated from the charge of incivism.
1879 M. Pattison Milton xii. 153 Milton will exclude Romanists from toleration, not on the statesman's ground of incivism, but on the theologian's ground of idolatry.
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