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microcivilization

microcivilization noun: a tiny civilization.

Noun

microcivilization (plural microcivilizations)

  1. A tiny civilization.
    • Yet according to Robb, who has written biographies of Victor Hugo, Honor de Balzac and Arthur Rimbaud, these microcivilizations were not formless planetoids waiting to be swallowed by a giant state, and their inhabitants didnt constitute a shapeless mass of human raw material, waiting to be...2007 November 4, Caroline Weber, “Tour de France”, in New York Times

Forms of microcivilization

pluralmicrocivilizations

Origin of microcivilization

From micro- + civilization.

Questions about microcivilization

What does microcivilization mean?
Microcivilization means a tiny civilization.
What part of speech is microcivilization?
Microcivilization is a noun.
What is the plural of microcivilization?
The plural of microcivilization is microcivilizations.

Words near microcivilization in the dictionary

  1. microcircumferential
  2. microcities
  3. microcitoma
  4. microcitomas
  5. microcity
  6. microcivilization
  7. microcivilizations
  8. microclade
  9. microclades
  10. microclamp
  11. microclamps

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