civilization
noun
an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.
overcivilization
-
a word derived from
civilization.
Example Sentences
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It was, as Mr. Wassermann sees it, a society involved in the dry rot of overcivilization, going rapidly down "the great slide" because of a great decay.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a cleansing fantasy, a dream of ridding ourselves of the increasingly unavoidable yoke of overcivilization and going back to a society simple enough for us to understand.
From Time Magazine Archive
