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Civilization vs Precivilization - What's the difference?

civilization | precivilization |

As nouns the difference between civilization and precivilization

is that 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 while precivilization is the time prior to civilization.

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 [[barbarian|barbarians cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the civilised world .

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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    precivilization

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The time prior to civilization.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 27, author=Roslyn Sulcas, title=Exotica of Brazil in Motion, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In “Benguelê” (which refers to slaves’ nostalgic longing for Africa) he makes extensive use of crouching, stooped bodies in a simian, loping walk, arms hanging loosely and head down to suggest tribal dances, rituals, animals, a precivilization . }}