incivility
/ɪnsɪˈvɪlɪti
/noun (plural incivilities) [mass noun]
1Rude or unsociable speech or behaviour: absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated...
- This seemingly minor incident is a manifestation in this writer's opinion of the new culture of incivility and bad behaviour which are now permeating our society.
- In the same three-month period, complaints for the central area included five for incivility, seven for assault, one for racial behaviour, and one for unlawful detention.
- For certain disorders, conflicting theories emerged about their aetiology and pathogenesis, at times engendering negative attitudes among workers in one or the other field, including derision and incivility.
Synonyms
rudeness, discourtesy, discourteousness, impoliteness, lack of politeness;
bad manners, ill-manneredness, lack of manners, unmannerliness, disrespect, disrespectfulness, boorishness, uncouthness, lack of refinement, ungraciousness, lack of social grace, ungentlemanly behaviour, unladylike behaviour;
insolence, impertinence, impudence
1.1 [count noun] (often incivilities) An impolite or offensive comment: he deserved to be put in his place after all the incivilities he’d been hurling at her...
- People's worries about crime and incivilities of various kinds inevitably take their toll upon the quality of life.
- Based on our previous work, we hypothesised that areas which are pleasant with lots of greenery and few incivilities might encourage people to take exercise and thereby influence levels of obesity.
- Development of the teacher-student relationship is critical to deterring or decreasing incivilities.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from French incivilité or late Latin incivilitas, from Latin incivilis, from in- 'not' + civilis 'of a citizen' (see civil).