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

Events occur against a backdrop of apparent civilizational collapse, but few specifics are supplied.

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Evangelical Christians understand that a larger civilizational struggle lies at the heart of the dispute over Israel’s existence.

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If at this late date Mark Lilla is still invoking Godwin’s Law to avoid grappling with the existential issue of our age, we must remember the comment of George Orwell, a frequent critic of the frivolity of Britain’s intelligentsia at an earlier time of civilizational peril:

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Anti-Jewish racism is an infallible symptom of civilizational decline.

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The existence of a Jewish state in the predominantly Muslim Middle East presents an unendurable civilizational and religious affront to so much of the region’s population that Israel has had to become an armed camp to survive.

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