Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun western_civilization

1 sense of western civilization

Sense 1
Western culture, Western civilization -- (the modern culture of western Europe and North America; "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea")
       => culture, civilization, civilisation -- (a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization")