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civic society

civic society noun: a voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community.

Noun

civic society (plural civic societies)

  1. (UK) A voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community.
    • The plaque, of light-blue hue (a tone favoured by the Wiltshire market town's civic society), can be found on a nondescript structure just outside the station.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57

Forms of civic society

pluralcivic societies

Questions about civic society

What does civic society mean?
Civic society means a voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community.
What part of speech is civic society?
Civic society is a noun.
What is the plural of civic society?
The plural of civic society is civic societies.

Words near civic society in the dictionary

  1. civic nationalist
  2. civic nationalists
  3. civic sense
  4. civic senses
  5. civic societies
  6. civic society
  7. civic-minded
  8. civic-mindedly
  9. civic-mindedness
  10. civically
  11. civicism

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