civilisation

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Noun	1.	civilisation - the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization civilization social 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, civilization archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures society - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization subculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs Aegean 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 BC Indus civilization - the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC Minoan civilisation, Minoan civilization, Minoan culture - the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean culture - the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture - the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America Western 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" civilization political science, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political units society - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization Islam, 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, refinement excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

Translations

تَمْدين، تَحَضُّر، تمدُّنمَدَنِيَّه، حَضارَه

Kultur Zivilisation

civilisation

siîmenningsiîmenntuî òjóî

kultur sivilisasjon sivilisert

开化文明

civilize,

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.

ˌciviliˈzation, ˌciviliˈsation noun

1. the act of civilizing, or process or state of being civilized.

2. a civilized people and their way of life. the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece.

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as to affirm, for instance, following Buckle, that through civilisation mankind becomes softer, and consequently less bloodthirsty and less fitted for warfare.

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He's a bit too near the borders of civilisation to be a decent savage.

"In the interests of civilisation," Captain Francis answered, with a smile, "I think not."

"You soldiers all prate of the interests of civilisation. Of course it's all rot.

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The poetry of the Anglo-Saxons, after their civilisation and conversion, was of a different and softer character; but in the circumstances of Ulrica, she may be not unnaturally supposed to return to the wild strains which animated her forefathers during the time of Paganism and untamed ferocity.

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If people cannot be assured of graves, I fear they will no longer die, and the best interests of civilisation will wither like a frosted leaf."

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The Communists turn their attention chiefly to Germany, because that country is on the eve of a bourgeois revolution that is bound to be carried out under more advanced conditions of European civilisation, and with a much more developed proletariat, than that of England was in the seventeenth, and of France in the eighteenth century, and because the bourgeois revolution in Germany will be but the prelude to an immediately following proletarian revolution.

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Just the day before he had said it is not possible to make the Islamic civilisation great again based on klepto-theocracy.

Kit Siang pours scorn on those accusing him of 'condemning Muslims as thieves'

IN a rare piece of good news, last week we learnt that France will be returning some 445 relics of the Indus Valley civilisation that were smuggled out of Pakistan over the years and were meant to end up in museums, galleries and private collectors in the West.

Marvel and mystery

In his speech during the ceremony, AlKhatib affirmed that the Greek civilisation contributed to building the Western civilisation since ancient times, at the same time, a great civilisation emerged from the land of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Islamic civilisation, and both civilisations contributed to changing our present and past.

Arab-Greek cultural relations highlighted

Speaking at a symposium on the history of civilisations held at the ministry's headquarters on Saturday, the minister said that Islam carries the elements of civilisation and renaissance.

Reconceptualise Arab culture on basis of Quran: Minister

by Times News Service Archaeologists found many pieces of pottery and other artefacts that throw light on the life of people during the Indus Valley civilisation of ancient India.