civism

civ·ism

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [siv-iz-uh m]
- /ˈsɪv ɪz əm/
- /sˈɪvɪzəm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [siv-iz-uh m]
- /ˈsɪv ɪz əm/

Definitions of civism word

noun civism good citizenship 3
noun civism good citizenship. 1
abbreviation CIVISM Citizenship. 1

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Origin of civism

First appearance:

before 1785

One of the 44% newest English words

1785-95; < French civisme < Latin cīv(is) citizen + French -isme -ism

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Parts of speech for Civism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Civism

civism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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