Civil and Foreign

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Civil

Civil adjective - Of or relating to a nation.
Usage example: the country was not destroyed by outside enemies but by a series of civil wars
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Foreign is an antonym for civil in civic topic.
Nearby Words: civility, civilised, civilization, civilly, civilian

Foreign

Foreign adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.
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Civil is an antonym for foreign.
Nearby Word: foreigner
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  • The Jin dynasty underwent a civil war called the War of the Eight Princes in which Eight rival Jin princes hired foreign nomads as mercenaries in the civil war.
    Source: Useful Notes / Dynasties from Shang to Qing
  • Granted, India wasn't exactly foreign to Britons then, and said restaurant quite specifically catered to officers and civil servants who had returned from service in India.
    Source: Older Than They Think / Other
  • Balance of Power: While the protests and civil wars et al, are all due to local issues and economics, foreign involvement in these matters is only to possibly change the realities of this trope.
    Source: Useful Notes / The Arab Spring
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