| slovo | definícia |
civilization
(mass) | civilization
- kultúra |
civilization
(encz) | civilization,civilizace n: |
civilization
(encz) | civilization,kultura n: xkomczax |
Civilization
(gcide) | Civilization \Civ`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. civilisation.]
1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized;
national culture; refinement.
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Our manners, our civilization, and all the good
things connected with manners, and with
civilization, have, in this European world of ours,
depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the
spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion.
--Burke
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.]
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civilization
(wn) | civilization
n 1: 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" [syn: civilization,
civilisation]
2: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced
stage of development and organization [syn: civilization,
civilisation]
3: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early
Mayan civilization" [syn: culture, civilization,
civilisation]
4: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste;
"a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his
generosity and civilization" [syn: refinement,
civilization, civilisation] |
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civilization
(mass) | civilization
- kultúra |
civilization
(encz) | civilization,civilizace n: civilization,kultura n: xkomczax |
civilizations
(encz) | civilizations,civilizace n: pl. |
disease of civilization
(encz) | disease of civilization,civilizační choroba [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Hallstatt civilization
(gcide) | Hallstatt \Hall"statt\ (h[aum]l"st[aum]t; -sht[aum]t),
Hallstattian \Hall*stat"ti*an\ (h[aum]l*st[aum]t"t[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt
civilization.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hallstatt civilization or Hallstattian civilization, a
prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously
dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated
with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by
expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of
domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and
sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in
Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia,
Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and
southern Italy. --J. Deniker.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hallstattian epoch, the first iron age, represented by the
Hallstatt civilization.
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Hallstattian civilization
(gcide) | Hallstatt \Hall"statt\ (h[aum]l"st[aum]t; -sht[aum]t),
Hallstattian \Hall*stat"ti*an\ (h[aum]l*st[aum]t"t[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt
civilization.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hallstatt civilization or Hallstattian civilization, a
prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously
dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated
with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by
expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of
domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and
sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in
Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia,
Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and
southern Italy. --J. Deniker.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hallstattian epoch, the first iron age, represented by the
Hallstatt civilization.
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Incivilization
(gcide) | Incivilization \In*civ`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not +
civilization.]
The state of being uncivilized; lack of civilization;
barbarism.
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Uncivilization
(gcide) | Uncivilization \Un*civ`i*li*za"tion\, n.
The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. [R.]
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aegean civilization
(wn) | Aegean civilization
n 1: the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean
sea and the surrounding countries; "by 800 BC the entire
Aegean had adopted this style of pottery" [syn: {Aegean
civilization}, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture] |
civilization
(wn) | civilization
n 1: 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" [syn: civilization,
civilisation]
2: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced
stage of development and organization [syn: civilization,
civilisation]
3: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early
Mayan civilization" [syn: culture, civilization,
civilisation]
4: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste;
"a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his
generosity and civilization" [syn: refinement,
civilization, civilisation] |
cycladic civilization
(wn) | Cycladic civilization
n 1: the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the
southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC [syn:
Cycladic civilization, Cycladic civilisation, {Cycladic
culture}, Cyclades] |
helladic civilization
(wn) | Helladic civilization
n 1: the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished
2500-1100 BC [syn: Helladic civilization, {Helladic
civilisation}, Helladic culture] |
indus civilization
(wn) | Indus civilization
n 1: the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished
from about 2600-1750 BC |
minoan civilization
(wn) | Minoan civilization
n 1: the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100
BC [syn: Minoan civilization, Minoan civilisation,
Minoan culture] |
mycenaean civilization
(wn) | Mycenaean civilization
n 1: the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished
1400-1100 BC [syn: Mycenaean civilization, {Mycenaean
civilisation}, Mycenaean culture] |
western civilization
(wn) | Western civilization
n 1: 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"
[syn: Western culture, Western civilization] |
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