Usually means: Advanced societies with complex structures.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. civilisation: Merriam-Webster
  2. civilisation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. civilisation: Vocabulary.com
  4. Civilisation, civilisation: Wordnik
  5. civilisation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. civilisation: Wiktionary
  7. civilisation: Dictionary.com
  8. Civilisation (TV series), Civilisation (television series), Civilisation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. civilisation: Rhymezone
  10. civilisation (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. civilisation: FreeDictionary.org
  12. civilisation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. civilisation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. civilisation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. civilisation: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization

Similar:
illitisation, colour, armourplast, meat sceptre, rumour, ardour, honour, liquorice, sireland, cleverality, more...

Opposite:
barbarism, savagery, wilderness

Types:
ancient, neolithic, classical, medieval, renaissance, baroque, enlightenment, modern, more...

Phrases:
indus civilisation, mycenaean civilisation, minoan civilisation, harappan civilisation, aegean civilisation, more...

Adjectives:
western, modern, european, ancient, human, roman, christian, greek, indian, higher, chinese

Colors:
    bronze,     gold,     silver,     ivory,     sandstone, more...



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Similar:
illitisation, colour, armourplast, meat sceptre, rumour, ardour, honour, liquorice, sireland, cleverality, more...

Opposite:
barbarism, savagery, wilderness

Types:
ancient, neolithic, classical, medieval, renaissance, baroque, enlightenment, modern, more...

Phrases:
indus civilisation, mycenaean civilisation, minoan civilisation, harappan civilisation, aegean civilisation, etruscan civilisation, aztec civilisation, cycladic civilisation, helladic civilisation, more...

Adjectives:
western, modern, european, ancient, human, roman, christian, greek, indian, higher, chinese

Colors:
    bronze,     gold,     silver,     ivory,     sandstone, more...



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