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.

Use 'civilization' in a 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.