civism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of civism
1785–95; < French civisme < Latin cīv ( is ) citizen + French -isme -ism
Example Sentences
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A detestable selection of those called instructors; almost everywhere, they are men without morals or education, who owe their nomination solely to a pretended civism, consisting of nothing but an insensibility to morality and propriety.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John
Let him in civism adept, shun The spouter's bawling, and the Bobby's staff.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 by Various
I recollect the steward telling my grandmother that she might live at Grandvilliers in complete security, because her corn was as good as a certificate of civism.
From Father Goriot by Marriage, Ellen
However, he perceived that he was on the wrong track, and plunged into strange bathos, a string of empty but high-sounding words, which Silvere accepted as a satisfactory proof of his civism.
From The Fortune of the Rougons by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
His glittering eyes devoured her features, while he said— "Does anybody know the citizeness and answer for her civism?"
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
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