civilisation

sustantivoatestiguado en diálogos

Reino Unido//ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//
Estados Unidos//ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//

UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.

sustantivo

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UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.
From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.
It is also there in Miller’s worldview, which has long promoted racist fears of demographic replacement of white people and civilisation decline.

Etimología

Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation.

Formas

plural: civilisations

Civil · A surname.civilian · A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one…civilians · Synonym of civvies

civilisation · UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.

civilised · Non-Oxford British English spelling of civilized.civilization · An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on…civilized · Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to…

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