civilisation

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Pronunciation

/ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

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/ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Definition of civilisation

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.

“From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.”

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Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation.

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