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Definition of Civilisation
1. Noun. The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization.
2. Noun. A particular society at a particular time and place. "Early Mayan civilization"
Category relationships: Archaeology, Archeology
Generic synonyms: Society
Terms within: Subculture
Specialized synonyms: 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
Derivative terms: Acculturate
3. Noun. 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"
Category relationships: Government, Political Science, Politics
Generic synonyms: Society
Specialized synonyms: Islam, Muslimism
Derivative terms: Civilize
4. Noun. The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste. "He is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
Generic synonyms: Excellence
Derivative terms: Civilise, Civilize
Definition of Civilisation
1. Noun. (chiefly British) (alternative spelling of civilization) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Civilisation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civilisation
Literary usage of Civilisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"Their fleets controlled the Aegean sea ; they dominated the islands ; and their
civilisation spread, as we shall see, to the mainland of Greece. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"It is so much the fashion with modem political writers to compare our own
civilisation with the Roman—to speculate upon the probable decadence of all ..."
3. The History of Russia: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Kelly, Walter Keating (1854)
"He was desirous, with his own eyes, to behold civilisation in what he supposed
to be its mature state, and to improve himself in the details of government, ..."
4. Society in America by Harriet Martineau (1837)
"Civilisation. " This country, which ius given to the World the example of ...
THE degree of civilisation of any people corresponds with the exaltation of ..."
5. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1886)
"In one respect it must be admitted that the progress of civilisation has ...
Of the blessings which the'com-by civilisation and philosophy bring with them a ..."
6. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"If, on the other hand, the Government and society of Egypt were farther advanced
on the road to civilisation, the Europeanised Egyptian would probably be ..."
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