civilisation

nomattesté dans les dialogues

Royaume-Uni//ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//
États-Unis//ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//

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

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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.

Étymologie

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

Formes

pluriel: 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…

Les pages voisines — L'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.