civilizations

Noun

civilization (countable and uncountable, plural civilizations)

1. 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

   Synonyms:

   culture, order

2. (uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
   • A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.

   Synonyms:

   home, land of the living

3. The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
   • The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.

   Synonyms:

   education, acculturation

4. The state or quality of being civilized.
   • He was a man of great civilization.
5. (obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

See all 6 meanings of civilization