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Wilderness vs Civilization - What's the difference?

wilderness | civilization |

As nouns the difference between wilderness and civilization

is that wilderness is an unsettled and uncultivated tract of land left in its natural state while 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

wilderness

English

(wikipedia wilderness)

Noun

(-)
  • An unsettled and uncultivated tract of land left in its natural state.

    • 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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