Civilization
Civilization noun - A high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts.
Usage example: by the 18th century Boston had reached a level of civilization sufficiently advanced to support a circle of portrait painters
Illiteracy is an antonym for civilization.
Illiteracy
Illiteracy noun - The state of being unlearned.
Civilization is an antonym for illiteracy.
Nearby Words: illiterate, illiterately
How words are described
| complete | complete civilization | complete illiteracy |
Both words in one sentence
- The reason for the illiteracy varies, such as whatever society he came from having an oral tradition or something similar, but the barbarian entering civilization will have a few problems.
Source: Never Learned to Read
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Illiteracy and Civilization. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/civilization/illiteracy
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