a society in an advanced state of social development (e g , with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development
Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.
The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; the state of being refined in manners, from the grossness of savage life and improved in arts and learning
A communal understanding; the achievements of a communal understanding; e.g., Ancient Roman Civilization - the communal understanding of the ancient Romans, or what the communal understanding of the ancient Romans achieved: buildings, conquests, roads, laws
civi·li·za·tion civilizations in BRIT, also use civilisation1. A civilization is a human society with its own social organization and culture. The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn
Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
a society in an advanced state of social development (e g , with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
Cultures with an agricultural surplus, social stratification, labor specialization, a formal government, rule by power, monumental construction projects, and a system of record keeping
with complex legal and political and religious organizations; "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization" the social process whereby societies achieve civilization
A stage or system of social, political or technical development of a large scale order encompassing several or many communities, often on the nation or people scale. (ancient civilisations; western civilisation; the Aztec civilisation.) cf culture
The reflection in humanity of some particular cyclic influence, leading to an initiation; the reaction of humanity to the purpose of any particular world period; concerns the masses and the racial consciousness, while either culture concerns the individual and the unseen spiritual
Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life. our advanced state of civilisation. Andean civilization Indus civilization Mesoamerican civilization