Meanings
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1
adj
Relating to a city or town and its public life.
The new library is part of the civic centre.
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2
adj
Relating to the rights and duties of citizens.
Voting is an important civic duty.
Thesaurus
Word family
Derived forms
anticiviccivic-mindedcivicallycivicismcivicizecivicscivnatextracivicintercivic
Related forms
civil
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).