recivilizationn.
/ˌriːsɪvl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌriːsɪvᵻlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /riˌsɪvəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of recivilizing.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [noun] > civilizing > again
recivilization1795
1795 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 18 545 Even granting it [sc. Christianity] to have been of late thrown aside by the nations of Europe in exact proportion to their re-civilization.
1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 79 463 An amalgamation..that might be favourable to the re-civilization of an important corner of Africa.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. iv. 420 The Thermidor effulgence of recivilisation.
1924 Times 15 Sept. 14/2 The Russian Treaty was part of the general plan for the recivilization and pacification of the world.
1977 C. McKnight & J. Tobler Bob Marley x. 135 Perhaps music is a common ground for the recivilization of the world!
2006 Foreign Affairs Mar.–Apr. 198/1 He..shows how the ‘recivilization’ of the 1920s suffered from multiple weaknesses that led to the Great Depression.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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