civilization
noun
an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.
civilizations
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pluralof civilization.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Historically, advanced civilizations have flourished in the cooler climates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Human civilizations across the ages have understood this to be an important lesson, which is how gold became the go-to cautionary symbol for greed, vanity, and the hollow existence to which they lead.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
For more than a century, the National Museum has preserved a remarkable collection of clay tablets from some of the earliest civilizations in the Middle East.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
At the beginning of this universe, there were no galaxies, stars or planets, no life or civilizations, merely a uniform, radiant fireball filling all of space.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
