Word: 'civilization' • Extended Annotations

civilization

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of civilization

1704, "law which makes a criminal process civil"

1772, sense changed to "civilized condition, state of being reclaimed from the rudeness of savage life"

Throughout history, something being "savage" was an excellent excuse for colonialism, destruction, and expansion.

civilization noun

a relatively high level of cultural and technological development
specifically: the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained
the culture characteristic of a particular time or place
refinement of thought, manners, or taste
a situation of urban comfort
the process of becoming civilized
- civilized is defined as: characteristic of a state of civilization

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Specific examples and quotes of civilization

"From within, its common name was ‘civilized society’ or civilization. Almost all its residents knew it as the only way to live, and it was seen as a result of random developments to which all of humanity had contributed."

"Weird Genius"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

WEIRD GENIUS
The Story of Your Ankh

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Scene from "Pocahontas" (1995)
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