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incivility
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun incivility has 1 sense
- incivility(n = noun.attribute) Array - deliberate discourtesy; Array is a kind of discourtesy, rudeness
Antonym: civility
CIDE DICTIONARY
incivility, n. [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilité.].
- The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. [1913 Webster]"Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities." [1913 Webster]
- Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn. -- Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
incivility, n. (pl. -ies)
1 rudeness, discourtesy.
2 a rude or discourteous act.
1 rudeness, discourtesy.
2 a rude or discourteous act.
Etymology
F incivilit{eacute} or LL incivilitas (as IN-(1), CIVILITY)
THESAURUS
incivility
Gothicism, Neanderthalism, animality, bad manners, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, boorishness, brutality, brutishness, caddishness, coarseness, crudeness, discourteousness, discourtesy, gross behavior, grossness, ill breeding, ill manners, impoliteness, inconsiderateness, indecorousness, indecorum, insensitivity, inurbanity, loutishness, mannerlessness, misbehavior, offensiveness, philistinism, rudeness, savagery, savagism, tactlessness, troglodytism, uncivilizedness, uncourtliness, uncouthness, uncultivatedness, uncultivation, unculturedness, ungallantness, ungentlemanliness, ungraciousness, unmannerliness, unpoliteness, unrefinement, unsolicitousness, vulgarity, wildness
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