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INCIVILITIES
Noun
incivilities
plural of incivility
Source: Wiktionary
INCIVILITY
In`ci*vil"i*ty, n.; pl. Incivilities. Etym: [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilité.]
1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson.
2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. Jer. Taylor.
3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn.
– Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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