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civilization

(n): a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

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(n): an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

(n): the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

(n): a process involved in the formation of groups of persons

(n): a particular society at a particular time and place

(n): an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

(n): the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

(n): the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

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about 1 month ago Sakhalinskii said:

"Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains." - Author unknown

11 months ago reesetee said:

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. --Henry Allen

about 1 year ago oroboros said:

Over in city park, one of the local philosophers mused, "Things could be different if man's 'man-made-world' was actually made by man.

--Jan Cox

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