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There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
Laura Ingraham

Meaning of "uncivil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNCIVIL

uncivil  [ʌnˈsɪvəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNCIVIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Uncivil is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNCIVIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of uncivil in the English dictionary

The definition of uncivil in the dictionary is lacking civility or good manners.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNCIVIL


arrival
əˈraɪvəl
aval
ˈeɪvəl
carnival
ˈkɑːnɪvəl
cavel
ˈkeɪvəl
civil
ˈsɪvəl
drivel
ˈdrɪvəl
estival
iːˈstaɪvəl
festival
ˈfɛstɪvəl
frivol
ˈfrɪvəl
gingival
ˈdʒɪndʒɪvəl
naval
ˈneɪvəl
navel
ˈneɪvəl
overcivil
ˌəʊvəˈsɪvəl
Perceval
ˈpɜːsɪvəl
Percival
ˈpɜːsɪvəl
revival
rɪˈvaɪvəl
rival
ˈraɪvəl
rounceval
ˈraʊnsɪvəl
survival
səˈvaɪvəl
swivel
ˈswɪvəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNCIVIL

unciliated
uncinariasis
uncinate
uncinematic
uncini
uncinus
uncipher
uncirculated
uncircumcised
uncircumcision
uncircumscribed
uncited
uncivilisedly
uncivilisedness
uncivility
uncivilized
uncivilizedly
uncivilizedness
uncivilly
uncivilness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNCIVIL

anvil
axis of evil
bedevil
boll weevil
cavil
chervil
daredevil
devil
dust devil
evil
go to the devil
king´s evil
like the devil
raise the devil
she-devil
Tasmanian devil
the king´s evil
the very devil
tree of knowledge of good and evil
weevil

Synonyms and antonyms of uncivil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNCIVIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «uncivil» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of uncivil

Translation of «uncivil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNCIVIL

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

Translator English - Chinese

不文明
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incivil
570 millions of speakers

English

uncivil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असभ्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهمجي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нецивилизованного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incivil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভদ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incivil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sihat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unhöflich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不作法な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미개한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uncivil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô lể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடக்கமற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असभ्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nezaketsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incivile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuprzejmy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нецивілізованого
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepoliticos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγενής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbeskof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ociviliserad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uncivil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uncivil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCIVIL»

The term «uncivil» is regularly used and occupies the 102.088 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCIVIL» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «UNCIVIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word uncivil.
1
Richard Dreyfuss
Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that's uncivil.
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Laura Ingraham
There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCIVIL»

Discover the use of uncivil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uncivil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Uncivil Rights: Teachers, Unions, and Race in the Battle for ...
At the heart of this inequality is a complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers and civil rights activists, examined fully for the first time in Jonna Perrillo’s Uncivil Rights, which traces the tensions between the two ...
Jonna Perrillo, 2012
2
Arresting Images: Impolitic Art and Uncivil Actions
Arresting Images examines the battles which erupt when artists address such controversial issues as racial polarization, AIDS, gay-bashing and sexual inequality in their work.
Steven C. Dubin, 1992
3
Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics During the ...
Tracing the intricate relationship of French intellectuals during the French-Algerian War and on the identity politics generated by decolonisation, this study illustrates how key figures agonised over the Algerian question, giving rise to a ...
James D. Le Sueur, 2005
4
Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon: A History of the ...
In this long-awaited work, Samir Khalaf analyzes the history of civil strife and political violence in Lebanon and reveals the inherent contradictions that have plagued that country and made it so vulnerable to both inter-Arab and ...
Samir Khalaf, 2013
5
Uncivil Wars: Elena Garro, Octavio Paz, and the Battle for ...
The first English-language book to place the works of Elena Garro (1916–1998) and Octavio Paz (1914–1998) in dialogue with each other, Uncivil Wars evokes the lives of two celebrated literary figures who wrote about many of the same ...
Sandra Messinger Cypess, 2012
6
America's Uncivil Wars : The Sixties Era from Elvis to the ...
Here is a panoramic history of America from 1954 to 1973, ranging from the buoyant teen-age rebellion first captured by rock and roll, to the drawn-out and dispiriting endgame of Watergate.
Mark Hamilton Lytle Professor Bard College, 2005
7
Uncivil society: the perils of pluralism and the making of ...
Through a careful reading of such exemplary figures as Hobbes, Locke, the Scottish Moralist, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Michael Oakeshott in the classical liberal tradition _ and their defense of the virtue ...
Richard Boyd, 2004
8
Uncivil Disobedience: Studies in Violence and Democratic ...
Uncivil Disobedience examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America.
Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2008
9
Uncivil Unions: The Metaphysics of Marriage in German ...
In Uncivil Unions, Adrian Daub presents a truly interdisciplinary look at the story of a generation of philosophers, poets, and intellectuals who turned away from theology, reason, common sense, and empirical observation to provide a purely ...
Adrian Daub, 2012
10
UN Peacekeeping, American Policy and the Uncivil Wars of the ...
A list of the most well-known scholars in the field to look at the peacekeeping efforts of the United Nations during the present decade.
William J. Durch, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNCIVIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uncivil is used in the context of the following news items.
1
"unCivil War"
Adirondack Theatre Festival presents "The unCivil War" at 7:30 p.m. daily through July 18 at Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St., Glens Falls. The comedy ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jul 15»
2
Takei sorry for 'uncivil' attack on Clarence Thomas
“But my choice of words was regrettable, not because I believe Justice Thomas is deeply wrong, but because there were ad hominem and uncivil, and for that I ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
3
'The unCivil War' at ATF
Adirondack Theatre Festival presents “The unCivil War,” a bluegrass musical comedy, July 9 through 18 at the Charles R. Wood Theater in Glens Falls. For more ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jun 15»
4
The uncivil jury, part 5: What to do now — repeal and redesign
The previous post explained how and why the civil jury died. The adversarial system as it developed in America made jury trial too long and expensive to resolve ... «Washington Post, May 15»
5
The uncivil jury, part 4: The collapse of the civil jury
The previous post described the adoration of the jury because of its role in protecting substantive rights in England, and even more in revolutionary America. «Washington Post, May 15»
6
The uncivil jury, part 2: The unromantic origins of the jury and the …
In my previous post, I discussed Americans' unhealthy romance with the jury and the pitiful current reality of almost no civil jury trials. Litigants, the legal ... «Washington Post, May 15»
7
The uncivil jury, part 1: Americans' misplaced sentiment about the …
Americans' romance with the jury — bordering on religious devotion — is doing us no good. Many Americans, from different political persuasions and classes, ... «Washington Post, May 15»
8
Rayney and wife exchanged 'uncivil' emails
CORRYN and Lloyd Rayney exchanged accusatory and uncivil emails after the breakdown of their marriage, his phone tapping trial has heard. The former ... «Perth Now, May 15»
9
LETTER: Dismay over uncivil treatment of Cambridge councilors
We are writing to express our deep disappointment and dismay at the uncivil treatment of city councilors Dennis Carlone and Nadeem Mazen by other members ... «Wicked Local Waltham, Apr 15»
10
Practicing civility in an uncivil world
One afternoon on my way to pick up my younger daughter from an after-school art activity, I stopped at a crosswalk (a Maine law) for two teenage boys who were ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»

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