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civilisation
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  civilisation - the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organizationcivilizationsocial process - a process involved in the formation of groups of persons | | 2. |  civilisation - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"culture, civilizationarchaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their culturessociety - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organizationsubculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefsAegean civilisation, Aegean civilization, Aegean culture - the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries; "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery"Helladic civilisation, Helladic civilization, Helladic culture - the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BCIndus civilization - the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BCMinoan civilisation, Minoan civilization, Minoan culture - the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BCMycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean culture - the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BCPaleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture - the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South AmericaWestern civilization, Western culture - the modern culture of western Europe and North America; "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea" | | 3. |  civilisation - a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"civilizationpolitical science, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political unitssociety - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organizationIslam, Muslimism - the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion; "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia" | | 4. | civilisation - the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"civilization, refinementexcellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree |
Translationscivilize, civilise (ˈsivilaiz) verb to change the ways of (a primitive people) to those found in a more advanced type of society. The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons. 使開化 使开化，使文明 ˌciviliˈzation, ˌciviliˈsation noun1. the act of civilizing, or process or state of being civilized. 開化 开化2. a civilized people and their way of life. the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece. 文明 文明EncyclopediaSeecivilizationcivilisation
Related to civilisation: Chinese civilisationSynonyms for civilisationnoun the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organizationSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a particular society at a particular time and placeSynonymsRelated Words- archaeology
- archeology
- society
- subculture
- Aegean civilisation
- Aegean civilization
- Aegean culture
- Helladic civilisation
- Helladic civilization
- Helladic culture
- Indus civilization
- Minoan civilisation
- Minoan civilization
- Minoan culture
- Mycenaean civilisation
- Mycenaean civilization
- Mycenaean culture
- Paleo-American culture
- Paleo-Amerind culture
- Paleo-Indian culture
- Western civilization
- Western culture
noun a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)SynonymsRelated Words- political science
- politics
- government
- society
- Islam
- Muslimism
noun the quality of excellence in thought and manners and tasteSynonymsRelated Words |