slovo | definícia |
civilisation (encz) | civilisation,civilizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
civilisation (wn) | civilisation
n 1: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced
stage of development and organization [syn: civilization,
civilisation]
2: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early
Mayan civilization" [syn: culture, civilization,
civilisation]
3: 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]
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] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
civilisations (encz) | civilisations,civilizace pl. Zdeněk Brož |
aegean civilisation (wn) | Aegean civilisation
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] |
cycladic civilisation (wn) | Cycladic civilisation
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 civilisation (wn) | Helladic civilisation
n 1: the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished
2500-1100 BC [syn: Helladic civilization, {Helladic
civilisation}, Helladic culture] |
minoan civilisation (wn) | Minoan civilisation
n 1: the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100
BC [syn: Minoan civilization, Minoan civilisation,
Minoan culture] |
mycenaean civilisation (wn) | Mycenaean civilisation
n 1: the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished
1400-1100 BC [syn: Mycenaean civilization, {Mycenaean
civilisation}, Mycenaean culture] |
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