CIVILISATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
   Synonym(s)
   • civilization (what does civilization mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a man of intellectual refinement
   • he is remembered for his generosity and civilization
   Hypernyms(s) civilisation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • excellence (what does excellence mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • educate (what does educate mean?)
   • school (what does school mean?)
   • train (what does train mean?)
   • cultivate (what does cultivate mean?)
   • civilize (what does civilize mean?)
   • civilise (what does civilise mean?)
   • educate (what does educate mean?)
   • school (what does school mean?)
   • train (what does train mean?)
   • cultivate (what does cultivate mean?)
   • civilize (what does civilize mean?)
   • civilise (what does civilise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
   Synonym(s)
   • civilization (what does civilization mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization
   Hypernyms(s) civilisation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • society (what does society mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • civilize (what does civilize mean?)
   • civilise (what does civilise mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a particular society at a particular time and place
   Synonym(s)
   • civilization (what does civilization mean?)
   • culture (what does culture mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • early Mayan civilization
   Hypernyms(s) civilisation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • society (what does society mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Aegean civilization (what does Aegean civilization mean?)
   • Aegean civilisation (what does Aegean civilisation mean?)
   • Aegean culture (what does Aegean culture mean?)
   • Helladic civilization (what does Helladic civilization mean?)
   • Helladic civilisation (what does Helladic civilisation mean?)
   • Helladic culture (what does Helladic culture mean?)
   • Minoan civilization (what does Minoan civilization mean?)
   • Minoan civilisation (what does Minoan civilisation mean?)
   • Minoan culture (what does Minoan culture mean?)
   • Mycenaean civilization (what does Mycenaean civilization mean?)
   • Mycenaean civilisation (what does Mycenaean civilisation mean?)
   • Mycenaean culture (what does Mycenaean culture mean?)
   • Paleo-American culture (what does Paleo-American culture mean?)
   • Paleo-Amerind culture (what does Paleo-Amerind culture mean?)
   • Paleo-Indian culture (what does Paleo-Indian culture mean?)
   • Western culture (what does Western culture mean?)
   • Western civilization (what does Western civilization mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • acculturate (what does acculturate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the social process whereby societies achieve civilization
   Synonym(s)
   • civilization (what does civilization mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) civilisation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • social process (what does social process mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • civilize (what does civilize mean?)
   • civilise (what does civilise mean?)