civilizational

[siv-uh-luh-zay-shuhn-uhl, siv-uh-lahy-]

adjective

1. of, for, or relating to civilization generally or to a particular civilization.

Example Sentences

In so doing, these nations didn’t merely betray their Western civilizational inheritance.

From Los Angeles Times

As a way to appeal to Iranians of the righteousness of his cause, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his surrogates have deployed tropes of civilizational greatness that would make even the most ardent Persian chauvinist blush.

From Los Angeles Times

This was the first U.S. presidency to treat climate change like the civilizational conflict that scientists have long said it is.

From Slate

Belief in our civilizational war with “terror” plummeted; an estimated 600,000 more Iraqi civilians died.

From Slate

It was a great civilizational contest, according to the Bush administration.

From Slate