civilisation

UK/ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

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

Noun

civilisation (countable and uncountable, plural civilisations)

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.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48
- It is also there in Miller’s worldview, which has long promoted racist fears of demographic replacement of white people and civilisation decline.2026 January 21, David Smith, “Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2026

civilisation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

civilisation in Hindi

सभ्यता

civilisation in Tamil

நாகரிகம், பண்பட்ட நிலை

civilisation in Urdu

تمدن

civilisation in Bengali

civilisation: তমদ্দুন tomoddun

More languagesFewer languages

civilisation in Telugu: నాగరికత
civilisation in Malayalam: നാഗരികത
civilisation in Kannada: ನಾಗರಿಕತೆ
civilisation in Gujarati: સંસ્કૃતિ sãskŕti
civilisation in Odia: ସଭ୍ଯ଼ତା

Examples of civilisation in a sentence

We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!
The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.

All 32 example sentences with civilisation

Forms of civilisation

plural	civilisations

Plural of civilisation: civilisations

Origin of civilisation

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

Words formed from civilisation

Phrases with civilisation

Words that rhyme with civilisation

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Questions about civilisation

What does civilisation mean?: Civilisation means UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.
What is civilisation in Hindi?: Civilisation in Hindi is सभ्यता. See Civilisation meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is civilisation?: Civilisation is a noun.
How do you pronounce civilisation?: Civilisation is pronounced /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of civilisation?: The plural of civilisation is civilisations.

Words near civilisation in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: civilisation (page history and authors); civilisation (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); civilisation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); civilisation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তমদ্দুন (Bengali) (page history and authors); civilisation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); civilisation (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); civilisation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સંસ્કૃતિ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); civilisation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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