civilizations

Definition of civilizations in English English dictionary: plural of civilization
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.
civilization: The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.
civilization: Human society, particularly civil society
I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.
civilization: The state or quality of being civilized
He was a man of great civilization.
civilization: {n} the act of civilizing, a civilized state, refinement, improvement, politeness
alliance of civilizations: The Alliance of Civilizations is a United Nations Secretary-General initiative intended to galvanize collective action across diverse societies in order to combat extremism, overcome cultural and social barriers between mainly the Western and predominantly Muslim worlds, and to reduce the tensions and polarization between societies which differ in religious and cultural values
Aegean civilizations: The Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished 3000-1000 BC in the region bordering the Aegean Sea. They included Crete, the Cyclades, the Greek mainland south from Thessaly, including the Peloponnese, and Macedonia, Thrace, and western Anatolia. The most significant were the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The term also sometimes refers to Neolithic civilizations in the same region 7000-3000 BC
civilization: with complex legal and political and religious organizations; "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
civilization: An economic engine built on ideas
civilization: According to the Russian astrophysicist Kardashev, civilizations can be classified according to their energy outputs as follows
civilization: The act of rendering a criminal process civil
civilization: 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
civilization: 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
civilization: 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
civilization: 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
civilization: {i} society, culture (of a group of people or a particular place); highly developed social and economic structure (also civilisation)
civilization: society characterized by developments such as a written language, urbanization, government, and division of labour
civilization: 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"
civilization: - The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch: The ways in which people organize themselves
civilization: The act or state of civilizing or being civilized
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
civilization: with complex legal and political and religious organizations; "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization" the social process whereby societies achieve civilization
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
civilization: a society in an advanced state of social development e
civilization: Rendering a criminal process civil
civilization: A country or group of countries with a common cultural background
civilization: the social process whereby societies achieve civilization
civilization: A persons preferred human society, with its facilities, in contrast to either wilderness, or uncivilised society
civilization: The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement
civilization: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
civilization: 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: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
civilization: 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
civilization: humans living together in an organized way