civilization

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.

If this is civilization, then I'll go live in the woods.

by Zontar the Destructor February 27, 2004

civility

formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech

"I hope we can treat each other with civility and respect"

by unlost ghost September 11, 2013

Civil

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.

Stuck-up snob: I will act civil to them tonight.
Person: You mean polite?

by Bella Rem June 14, 2010

Civilization

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 26, 2010

CiViL

CiVil is skateboard, clothing, & sneaker store in east greenwich rhode island. They carry a lot of rad stuff that you can't find at other stores.

i just picked up some fresh nike's at CiVil.

by ****************** February 26, 2008

Civil

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

by EUAGH November 11, 2018

civilizing

the making of something civilized

to take something uncivilized n make it civilized.

this black village is savage so im civilizing it

by lilscorp July 28, 2011