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

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

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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.

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

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

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