Meaning of INCIVILITY
| Pronunciation: | | `insu'vilitee
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[n] deliberate discourtesy |
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INCIVILITY is a 10 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Antonyms: | | civility | | |
| | See Also: | | discourtesy, rudeness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ci*vil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incivilities}. [L.
incivilitas: cf. F. incivilit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy;
rudeness of manner; impoliteness. --Shak. Tillotson.
2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in
civil account, are called indecencies and
incivilities. --Jer. Taylor.
3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
[R.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness;
disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
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| | Related Terms: | | animality, bad manners, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, boorishness, brutality, brutishness, caddishness, coarseness, crudeness, discourteousness, discourtesy, Gothicism, gross behavior, grossness, ill breeding, ill manners, impoliteness, inconsiderateness, indecorousness, indecorum, insensitivity, inurbanity, loutishness, mannerlessness, misbehavior, Neanderthalism, offensiveness, philistinism, rudeness, savagery, savagism, tactlessness, troglodytism, uncivilizedness, uncourtliness, uncouthness, uncultivatedness, uncultivation, unculturedness, ungallantness, ungentlemanliness, ungraciousness, unmannerliness, unpoliteness, unrefinement, unsolicitousness, vulgarity, wildness |
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