civics

[siv-iks]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

civics

/ ˈsɪvɪks /

noun

1. the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship

2. the study of government and its workings

Word History and Origins

Origin of civics¹

1880–85, civic, -ics

Example Sentences

You know, we don’t teach civics anymore, so they don’t understand that what’s happening now is leading to fascism.

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Under the proposed changes, the test would have a new English-speaking section and a new written multiple-choice format in the civics section.

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One of her comments always resonates for me, that civics is something that has to be learned and relearned because it’s not stamped on our DNA.

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I don’t recall it even dropping that term, which is fine; it’s a sunny TV sitcom, not a civics lesson.

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No civics textbook could prepare students for the realities of power that kept the nation’s war machine on a rampage, taking several million lives in Southeast Asia or supplying weapons making possible genocide in Gaza.

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