All civilization synonyms

noun civilization

• culture — Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.
• development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
• progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
• education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
• advancement — Advancement is progress in your job or in your social position.
• acculturation — the process of conditioning a child to the patterns or customs of a culture
• civility — politeness or courtesy, esp when formal
• refinement — fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
• cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
• polish — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
• illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
• breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
• edification — an act of edifying.
• society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
• nation — Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
• polity — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
• sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.