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noun (used with a singular verb)the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens. Origin of civics1880–85, Americanism;see civic, -ics Words nearby civicscivet cat, civic, civic center, civic centre, civic-minded, civics, civic university, civies, civil, Civil Aeronautics Board, Civil Air Patrol Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for civicsBut from the looks of it, you should expect all the explosions, and none of the civics. A Political History of the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’|Asawin Suebsaeng|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Although I suppose living in New Jersey is civics lesson enough. My Commencement Speech to Rutgers’ Geniuses: Go Forth and Fail|P. J. O’Rourke|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Is the study of society undertaken with a willful ignorance of moral philosophy, theology, civics, and Econ 101. P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks|P. J. O’Rourke|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the Senate, which increasingly resembles a forum for performance art, Americans were given a lesson in civics. Fiscal Cliff Countdown, Day 30: Senate Meets Dada|Daniel Gross|December 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Thankfully, he did, offering something of a civics lesson to Muslim world. Obama’s Stirring U.N. Speech: John Avlon|John Avlon|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST And wherever you go over the world you will find something in the course of being done in civics, as I understand the subject. Civics: as Applied Sociology|Patrick Geddes Current events should be studied in all history or civics courses. Public Speaking|Clarence Stratton He found it somewhat difficult to see what was to be the practical outcome of civics if studied in the way proposed. Civics: as Applied Sociology|Patrick Geddes The boys got deeply interested in civics, and we let them go as far and as fast as they pleased. The New Education|Scott Nearing Manual training, agriculture, art work, and civics will supply different people with occupations for spare time. The New Education|Scott Nearing
British Dictionary definitions for civics
noun (functioning as singular)the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship US and Canadian the study of government and its workings Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to civicsgovernment, campaigning, legislature, electioneering, zoo, polity, jungle, statecraft, backroom, foreign affairs, political science, hat in the ring, smoke-filled room, politics, governance, realpolitik, statesmanship, geography, history, sociology |