from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
civilisation
n 1: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced
stage of development and organization [syn: {civilization},
{civilisation}]
2: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early
Mayan civilization" [syn: {culture}, {civilization},
{civilisation}]
3: 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" [syn: {civilization}, {civilisation}]
4: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste;
"a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his
generosity and civilization" [syn: {refinement},
{civilization}, {civilisation}]