1. Modern society and its conveniences.
2. An abstraction developed by human beings which falsely assumes that the cumulative result of all collective actions engaged in by a majority of said humans actually means something.
2. An abstraction developed by human beings which falsely assumes that the cumulative result of all collective actions engaged in by a majority of said humans actually means something.
by Zontar the Destructor February 28, 2004
by unlost ghost September 12, 2013
Another way to say polite. Mostly used by bitchy, stuck up people who think they are much better than others. 99% of the time they are not.
by Bella Rem June 13, 2010
An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits.
Scholars agree that political, social, economic, and technological phenomena are indicators of civilization.
by HistoryNerd94 September 25, 2010
A fluid definition that can mean to be proper and polite even in an argument and suddenly sprouting insults.
Person 1: And that is why i dislike that characters development
Person 2: Look at us having a heated debate. We’re growing as people
Person 1: yeah but u gay boi
Person 2: wtf happened to being civil
Person 1: This is the new meaning of civil. We changed the definition
Person 2: Look at us having a heated debate. We’re growing as people
Person 1: yeah but u gay boi
Person 2: wtf happened to being civil
Person 1: This is the new meaning of civil. We changed the definition
by EUAGH November 12, 2018
by lilscorp July 28, 2011
A collection of generally ignorant humanoids led and driven by their individual biological-sociological spiritual and psychological needs.
by Your Guru October 03, 2004