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pre-civil
pre-civil adj.
Brit. 
/(ˌ)priːˈsɪvl/
, /(ˌ)priːˈsɪvl/U.S. /ˌpriˈsɪvᵻl/
occurring or existing prior to the development of complex or urban social organization./ˌpriˈsɪvᵻl/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific types or forms of
lowa1387
primitive1838
pre-revolution1860
metronymic1868
pre-feudal1870
prelogical1880
polyzoic1886
pre-agricultural1898
pre-civil1902
pre-feudalic1907
subcultural1909
protocultural1920
pre-independencea1922
apparented1934
sensate1937
patrimonial1946
non-literate1948
inner-directed1950
underground1953
pop-cultural1963
technopolitan1965
1902 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 7 578 He [sc. Calhoun] condemned in no uncertain terms the time-honored hypothesis of a pre-civil ‘state of nature’ and the origin of government by means of a contract.
1957 C. Vereker Devel. Polit. Theory iii. 98 The metaphorical language used by political thinkers who posit a pre-civil social condition is usually designated contractual.
1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory vi. 216 He was bound not to injure the life, liberty, or property of others, and conversely might, in pre-civil society, avenge for himself any encroachments on his own rights in those areas.
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