civilisations
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noun
- An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political or technical development.“Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.”
- Human society, particularly civil society.“A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.”
- The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.“The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.”
- The state or quality of being civilized.“He was a man of great civilization.”