civilizational
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In the past five years, Sanxingdui has captured the imagination of a Chinese nation eager to revel in its long history and civilizational accomplishments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
As the nation became the dominant form of political organization in the 19th century, some countries started to tout their long civilizational history as part of their identity.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
The film’s climax reaches for the same sense of civilizational awe as the mothership landing in “Close Encounters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, is about artificial intelligence and arrives at a moment of genuine civilizational anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The separation from the civilizational influences of Asia amounts to absolute isolation.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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