civilization
noun
an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.
supercivilization
-
a word derived from
civilization.
Example Sentences
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In the mid-1960s, a Russian astronomer detected varying signals from a mysteri ous radio source; Tass breathlessly reported that the signals were a beacon from a supercivilization.
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They gravely reject the theory of Russian Astronomer Nikolai S. Kardashev, that one of the five reported last week, CTA-102, sends out bursts of energy that are coded messages to the universe from a supercivilization.
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These are projects only a supercivilization could attempt--not something for 21st century engineers.
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