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incivilisation

incivilisation is the alternative form of uncivilization.

Meaning of uncivilization

Noun

uncivilization (uncountable)

  1. The quality of not being civilized.
    • The park is not just a place of lost civilizations, but vanished uncivilization, a Manhattan scarcely marked by human hands.2008 March 22, Jim Dwyer, “In a City Park, a Crime Against Nature”, in New York Times

Origin of incivilisation

From in- + civilisation.

Questions about incivilisation

What is incivilisation the alternative form of?
Incivilisation is the alternative form of uncivilization.

Words near incivilisation in the dictionary

  1. incitors
  2. incitory
  3. incitress
  4. incitresses
  5. incivil
  6. incivilisation
  7. incivilities
  8. incivility
  9. incivilization
  10. incivilly
  11. incivism

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