civilization

civilization

noun

Definition of CIVILIZATION

1

the way people live at a particular time and place <a documentary on the advanced civilization created by the Mayas over a thousand years ago>

Synonyms culture, life, lifestyle, society

Related Words customs, manners, mores, values; folklore, heritage, legacy, tradition; subculture, subsociety

2

a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts <by the 18th century Boston had reached a level of civilization sufficiently advanced to support a circle of portrait painters>

Synonyms accomplishment, civilization, couth, cultivation, polish, refinement

Related Words education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship; cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity; breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners; class, elegance, grace, taste; civility, courteousness, courtesy, politeness

Near Antonyms ignorance, illiteracy; parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication; boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity

Antonyms barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism