as in disrespect
rude behavior
I won't tolerate incivility, and that includes text messaging while I'm speaking
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Recent Examples of incivility
Then, acts of incivility are clearer, or less open to interpretation.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
Workplace incivility caused by team members, patients, patients' families and others is a significant contributor to burnout.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
This year's trip to Thailand was an exercise in incivility and taboo-breaking, a cacophonous symphony of troubled souls colliding amid Mai Tais and monkeys.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Link added that this incivility is costing companies in all areas: employee well-being, performance and retention, internal culture, belonging and engagement, and broader economic capabilities.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
Workplace incivility caused by team members, patients, patients' families and others is a significant contributor to burnout.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
This year's trip to Thailand was an exercise in incivility and taboo-breaking, a cacophonous symphony of troubled souls colliding amid Mai Tais and monkeys.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Link added that this incivility is costing companies in all areas: employee well-being, performance and retention, internal culture, belonging and engagement, and broader economic capabilities.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incivility
Noun
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The problem isn’t that my girlfriend wouldn’t get to go, but the disrespect and dishonesty of uninviting her out of the blue and trying to cover it up as being a genuine mistake.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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That’s disrespect of a two-time champion.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But yes, Miss Manners agrees that his rudeness justifies your ignoring his comment.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
10 Oct. 2025
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But Takaichi has taken the strongest stances, decrying the rudeness of foreign tourists and accusing them of abusing the famous deer in Nara.—
Arata Yamamoto,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Incivility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incivility. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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