civilization

[ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn]

Definition:
1. A state of human society that is very developed and organized.
2. A society in an advanced state of social development.

'civilization' example sentence:

1. It is said that civilization is always on the move.
2. European civilization was the first to impose itself across the whole world.
3. Greek civilization had quality; Rome, mere quantity.
4. The ancient Egyptians had an advanced civilization.
5. The ascent of man from his original state to modern civilization.
6. The book contrasts modern civilization with the ideal of the noble savage who lived in harmony with nature.
7. The Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world.
8. To be cast out from civilization was the worst fate that could possibly befall me.
9. The civilization of mankind has taken thousands of years to develop.
10. Chopsticks are highly praised by Westerners as a hallmark of ancient oriental civilization.
11. I finally reached what we laughingly call civilization.
12. China is one of the birthlands of ancient civilization.
13. For them, commerce and economic development were agents of civilization.
14. When it was time to leave and return to civilization we both felt rejuvenated.
15. That is the achievement of the progress of human civilization.
16. It's exciting to discover traces of earlier civilizations.
17. It's good to be back in civilization after two weeks in a tent!
18. At first sight, the plain did not appear to be a likely home for a civilization.
19. We were reaching the limits of civilization.
20. When a tribe encounters civilization, the first things to get trampled underfoot are the religious beliefs of the tribe.
21. Yet science has a cultural history, too, with roots going back to the dawn of civilization.
22. They were in the van of civilization.
23. The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn.
24. Civilization may be destroyed if there is another world war.
25. At the top of most hills and mountains, are trails leading back to civilization.
26. It seemed to him that western civilization was in grave economic and cultural danger.
27. Many people believed that world civilization started in the ancient Rome.
28. Two hundred years seems like the blink of an eye in the history of Chinese civilization.
29. Western civilization has been deeply influenced by Greek Culture.
30. He really thinks that European civilization is morally bankrupt.
31. All the means used by centuries of civilization in subduing wild beasts failed in this case.
32. Three major narratives intertwine within Foucault's text, "Madness and Civilization."
33. There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time.
34. The old civilization was fast falling into decay.
35. Since the dawn of civilization, people have been curious about the age of Earth.
36. Industrial civilization adapts to new knowledge.
37. Civilizations do eventually decline and perish.
38. All civilization ought to be aroused against war.
39. It has become a stumbling block to the progress of human civilization.
40. This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilization.
41. One age bequeaths its civilization to the next.
42. Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
43. We won't know whether such "biosignatures" are an indication of slime or civilization.
44. Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.
45. We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek civilization.
46. Ancient civilizations believed in the curative powers of fresh air and sunlight.
47. The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization.
48. This book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.
49. Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.
50. The Yellow River was the cradle of Chinese civilization.
51. I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.