civilization
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- civilize derivation
- political science domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
Types & categories
- social process hypernym
Related & opposite
- civilize derivation
Sense 3 noun
a particular society at a particular time and place
early Mayan civilization
Types & categories
- society hypernym
- Aegean civilization hyponym
- Helladic civilization hyponym
- Indus civilization hyponym
- Minoan civilization hyponym
- Mycenaean civilization hyponym
- Paleo-American culture hyponym
- Western culture hyponym
Parts & wholes
- subculture part meronym
Related & opposite
- acculturate derivation
- archeology domain topic
Sense 4 noun
the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
a man of intellectual refinement
Types & categories
- excellence hypernym
Related & opposite
- civilize derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | civilize |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | political science |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | society |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Islam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | civilize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social process |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acculturate |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | archeology |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | subculture |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | society |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Aegean civilization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Helladic civilization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Indus civilization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Minoan civilization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mycenaean civilization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Paleo-American culture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Western culture |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | civilize |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | excellence |