civilization
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3.9
- noun
- /ˌsɪv.əl.ɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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proceso de civilización
- Civilization as we know it depends on me and, to a Iesser extent... you.
- history of civilization
- advance civilization
- from barbarism to civilization
That's the most recent cycle of civilization.
- That's the most recent cycle of civilization.
- And again, it's, it's an example of progress of our civilization.
- And as well as the, the blueprints for rebuilding civilization should, should it collapse again?
Examples
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Many scholars believe that agriculture was a crucial factor in the rise of early civilization.
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You think there would have been a limit to the advancement of civilization without language?
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And what we were taught at the Academy was that civilization runs on energy.
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And you know, the entire human civilization was created by the language.
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Then this is another great difference between our civilization and yours.
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And civilization depends on human trust.
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The first instances of human civilization in in the Middle East were cities.
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You know, well, these are the reasons why this civilization didn't survive.
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Iraq was the cradle of civilization and is a land of natural beauty.
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Every religion and civilization has its own way of expressing the mysterious and the infinite.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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6.2
Good taste and polite manners that show learning
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9.3
A developed society with its own culture, laws, and ways of life
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.6
Culture, ideas, and social systems of Western Europe and North America that began in ancient Greece and Rome
- Specialized
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8.1
An ancient culture on the island of Crete from about 3000 to 1100 BC known for advanced art and buildings
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8.8
An ancient Greek culture from about 1400 to 1100 BC with large palaces, art, and a way of writing
An early Bronze Age culture on the Cyclades islands from about 3000 to 1100 BC
An early Bronze Age culture on the Cyclades islands from about 3000 to 1100 BC
Ancient cultures on islands like Crete and the Greek coast before classical Greece
- Literature
An ancient legendary society on the island of Atlantis described as very advanced
- Specialized
A Bronze Age culture in mainland Greece that made bronze tools and large buildings
An ancient culture in the Indus Valley from 2600 to 1750 BC with planned cities
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Civilization comes from the Latin root civis meaning 'citizen' and civilis meaning 'relating to citizens', and shares the same root as the words city and civil. So civilization is the process of people forming towns, laws, schools and culture and becoming an organized, advanced society.