refinement, civilization, civilisation
(noun) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; “a man of intellectual refinement”; “he is remembered for his generosity and civilization”
civilization, civilisation
(noun) a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); “the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization”
culture, civilization, civilisation
(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place; “early Mayan civilization”
civilization, civilisation
(noun) the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
civilization (countable and uncountable, plural civilizations)
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.
(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The state or quality of being civilized.
(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
• (large-scale stage of societal development): culture, order
• (group of countries): sphere
• (act of civilizing): education, acculturation
• (preferred human society): home, the land of the living
civilization
Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
Source: Wiktionary
Civ`i*li*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. civilisation.]
1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement. Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion. Burke
2. (Law)
Definition: Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
