Betekenis van:
civilization
civilization
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
"he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
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civilization
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- ontwikkelingsniveau, beschaving
- a particular society at a particular time and place
"early Mayan civilization"
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civilization
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- 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"
Synoniemen
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Hyponiemen
civilization
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
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Voorbeeldzinnen
- We discovered relics of an ancient civilization.
- The progress of civilization is very rapid.
- Civilization is now threatened by nuclear war.
- In the twilight of our civilization.
- How long will our civilization last?
- The more civilization advances, the more people long for nature.
- Through domesticating ourselves like cattle, people began civilization.
- European civilization had its birth in these lands.
- When their home star went nova, their civilization was destroyed.
- Modern civilization is founded on science and education.
- Our mode of life has changed since the introduction of European civilization.
- Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.
- They took away the remains of a civilization lost in history.
- Though the Incas built up a great civilization, they had no system of writing.
- Me, me, me. Now picture billions of voices screaming that and you got yourself modern civilization.