uncivilization

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noun

The quality of not being civilized.

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Meanings

noununcivilization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of not being civilized.

    The park is not just a place of lost civilizations, but vanished uncivilization, a Manhattan scarcely marked by human hands.

    2008 March 22, Jim Dwyer, “In a City Park, a Crime Against Nature”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + civilization.

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Cite this entry
APA

uncivilization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncivilization

MLA

“uncivilization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncivilization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncivilization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncivilization.

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