civilization

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A society that has reached an advanced stage of culture, organization, and development.

   The ancient Egyptian civilization built the pyramids.

2. 2
   noun

   Human society and its comforts in general, especially compared to wild or remote places.

   After a week camping in the mountains, it felt good to return to civilization.

3. 3
   noun

   The process of bringing education, order, and culture to a people or place.

   The civilization of the frontier took many decades.

Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.

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