As an adjective civic

is of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

As a noun civilization is

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.

As a proper noun civilization is

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

civic

English

(wikipedia civic)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

Thousands of people came to the Civic''' Center to show off their '''civic pride.

Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

civic duty

Derived terms

* civic centre * civics * civic-minded

Related terms

* civil

civilization

English

(wikipedia civilization) ("civilization on Wikiquote")

Alternative forms

* civilisation (UK)

Noun

(en noun)

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.

the Aztec civilization

Western civilization

Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.

(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.

A hermit doesn't much care for civilization .

I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.

The act or process of civilizing]] or becoming [[civilize, civilized.

The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.

The state or quality of being civilized.

He was a man of great civilization .

(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

Synonyms

* (large-scale stage of societal development) culture, order * (group of countries) sphere * (act of civilizing) education, acculturation * (preferred human society) home, the land of the living

Derived terms

* civilizational * civilizationally

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

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 [[barbarian, barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World

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