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

4 senses of civilisation

Sense 1
civilization, civilisation -- (the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization)
       => social process -- (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)

Sense 2
culture, civilization, civilisation -- (a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization")
       => society -- (an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization)

Sense 3
civilization, civilisation -- (a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization")
       => society -- (an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization)

Sense 4
refinement, civilization, civilisation -- (the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization")
       => excellence -- (the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree)