Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being uncivilized; lack of civilization; barbarism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being uncivilized; lack of civilization; barbarism.
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- noun The state of being
uncivilized ;barbarism .
Etymologies
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in- + civilization
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Examples
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The vices of incivilization are far worse, and far more destructive of human life; and it is just because they are so, that rude tribes deteriorate physically less than polished nations.
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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