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It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.
Gregory Bateson

Meaning of "civilisation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CIVILISATION

civilisation  [ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIVILISATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Civilisation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CIVILISATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

civilisation

Civilization

Civilization or civilisation generally refers to state polities which combine these basic institutions, having one or more of each: a ceremonial centre, a system of writing, and a city. The term is used to contrast with other types of communities including hunter-gatherers, nomadic pastoralists and tribal villages. Civilizations have more densely populated settlements divided into hierarchical social classes with a ruling elite and subordinate urban and rural populations, which, by the division of labour, engage in intensive agriculture, mining, small-scale manufacture and trade. Civilization concentrates power, extending human control over both nature, and over other human beings. The emergence of civilization is generally associated with the final stages of the Neolithic Revolution, a slow cumulative process occurring independently over many locations between 10,000 and 3,000 BCE, culminating in the relatively rapid process of state formation, a political development associated with the appearance of a governing elite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIVILISATION


authorization
ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən
characterization
ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən
civilization
ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
customization
ˌkʌstəmaɪˈzeɪʃən
globalization
ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalisation
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalization
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hybridization
ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən
localization
ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
novelization
ˌnɒvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimisation
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimization
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
organisation
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
organization
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
realization
ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
specialization
ˌspeʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
stabilization
ˌsteɪbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
synchronization
ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən
utilization
ˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
visualization
ˌvɪʒʊəlaɪˈzeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIVILISATION

civil year
civilian
civilianise
civilianization
civilianize
civilisable
civilisational
civilise
civilised
civiliser
civilist
civilities
civility
civilizable
civilization
civilizational
civilize
civilized
civilizer
civilizing

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIVILISATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of civilisation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «civilisation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIVILISATION

Find out the translation of civilisation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of civilisation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «civilisation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文明
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

civilización
570 millions of speakers

English

civilisation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सभ्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحضارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цивилизация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

civilização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সভ্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

civilisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tamadun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zivilisation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文明
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peradaban
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nền văn minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாகரிகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संस्कृती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

medeniyet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

civiltà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cywilizacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цивілізація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

civilizație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολιτισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskawing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

civilisation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sivilisasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of civilisation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVILISATION»

The term «civilisation» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.250 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVILISATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «civilisation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «civilisation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about civilisation

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10 QUOTES WITH «CIVILISATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word civilisation.
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Anil Agarwal
Environmental activism against the resource industry is widespread all over the world, but at the same time we have to realise that these are basic materials on which civilisation depends. We need to tap natural resources in a sustainable manner.
2
Akihito
The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.
3
Julian Assange
The penetration of society by the Internet and the penetration of the Internet by society is the best thing that has ever happened to global human civilisation.
4
Julian Barnes
Paris is certainly one of the most boastful of cities, and you could argue that it has had a lot to boast about: at various times the European centre of power, of civilisation, of the arts, and (self-advertisingly, at least) of love.
5
Gregory Bateson
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.
6
James Buchan
The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.
7
Aleister Crowley
Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.
8
Alain Ducasse
It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.
9
Terry Eagleton
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and irrational.
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Greg Egan
Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIVILISATION»

Discover the use of civilisation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to civilisation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Science and Civilisation in China: Civil Engineering and Nautics
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately.
Joseph Needham, 1970
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China:
This fifth volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the remarkable engineering feats made during the early and medieval periods.
Joseph Needham, Colin A. Ronan, 1995
3
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
A book of searing drama as well as lucid, incisive analysis, The Great War for Civilisation is a work of major importance for today's world. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Robert Fisk, 2007
4
Caribbean Civilisation:
This book will be helpful to 'DEUG" and "licence" students of English as well as any reader interested in the Caribbean.
Eric Doumerc, 2003
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1, Introductory ...
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Joseph Needham, 1954
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3, Mathematics and ...
After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China.
Joseph Needham, 1959
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and ...
With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools from the machine.
Joseph Needham, 1965
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and ...
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Joseph Needham, Nathan Sivin, Lu Gwei-Djen, 2000
9
Civilisation
For its fans the series gave hope for the future at a time of civil and political unrest; for its critics the series elicited only despair at its supposedly elitist values.
Jonathan Conlin, 2009
10
The Biology of Civilisation: Understanding Human Culture as ...
From his vast survey, author Stephen Boyden draws some key conclusions critical to the future of humanity.
Stephen Vickers Boyden, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIVILISATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term civilisation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Conservatives' collective tantrum over the pope has been a wonder …
... changing the climate, and that being kind to the environment “does not mean carte blanche we shut down our entire civilisation”. What a relief ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Are the Germans about to call the Greeks' bluff?
... with help from outsiders like Byron who considered the country of Homer and Plato, of Pericles and Aeschylus, to be the cradle of civilisation. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Riddle of the medieval 'mummy' discovered in Siberia
... 'mummy' wrapped in a cocoon of birch bark has been discovered at the site of a village that belonged to a mysterious arctic civilisation. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Banque Misr to support science centre in Children's Civilisation and …
Banque Misr stresses its keenness on contributing to all projects that encourage science, support Egyptian talents and contribute to the ... «Daily News Egypt, Jul 15»
5
The fruit of civilisation
As Chef Seeto finishes filming the highly anticipated new season of Taste of Paradise, he discovers there is one ancient fruit that is common ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
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Ancient 'mummy' unearthed from 'lost medieval civilisation' near …
If confirmed, it will be the first mummy from the civilisation found at this intriguing site since 2002. Fellow of the Research Center for the Study of ... «The Siberian Times, Jul 15»
7
Some tribes that avoid modern culture
Although they like to remain away from modern civilisation and seek to maintain their isolation, they face terrible threats to their lives. There are ... «India Today, Jul 15»
8
ISIS war on civilisation: Destroys ancient Syrian heritage
ALEPPO/SYRIA (Web Desk) – ISIS militants reportedly smashed cultural treasures from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, including an artifact ... «Daily Pakistan, Jul 15»
9
The three ancestral tribes that founded Western civilisation
Perhaps the rumours of strange newcomers were true after all. Certainly the slender stone blade in front of the young Neanderthal had been ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
10
China's military on mission to bring 'modern civilisation' to Xinjiang
BEIJING: China's military must bring “modern civilization” to the restive southern areas of the Xinjiang region, where Muslim ethnic Uighurs are ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Civilisation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/civilisation>. Apr 2024 ».
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