Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Incivility.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Incivility.
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- noun archaic
incivility ;rudeness
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Examples
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But watching unto prayer will make men sometimes uncivil (so to speak, that which it may be would be called uncivility).
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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My mother, alas, is still with us, I say alas because passed a certain point prolongation approaches uncivility ( 'un' - is also valid, I looked it up.)
hat trick 2009
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Everyone was in agreement about being upset with the uncivility in American politics especially coming from the RNC down to the Tea Party and media like Fox and Limbaugh.
Think Progress » Texas Board of Education cuts Thomas Jefferson out of its textbooks. 2010
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One of your own Sen martinez from Frorida just abandoned your party because of of your mob mentality and uncivility.
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I only hope that they have not opened a Pandora; s Box of hate and uncivility that may lead this great country down the road to ruin. ike
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The lesson the republicans are teaching the world today is that you can make any unfounded accusation you want, in any setting, and all you have to do to atone for it is to apologize for the uncivility of the act.
Wilson says no more apologies for outburst against president 2009
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That's because our President exhudes pure class unlike Wilson who exhuded uncivility and disrepect and regardless of your point of view there is no excuse Boehner and the rugs know that!!
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Just tells me the republicans will do anything, I mean anything to condone uncivility and bad conduct.
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My mother, alas, is still with us, I say alas because passed a certain point prolongation approaches uncivility ( 'un' - is also valid, I looked it up.)
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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The masses are so easily swayed by foolish speculation and bloviator hubris that ignorance and uncivility have become the new normal.
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