Civilization
Civilization noun - The way people live at a particular time and place.
Usage example: a documentary on the advanced civilization created by the Mayas over a thousand years ago
Society is a synonym for civilization in public topic. In some cases you can use "Society" instead a noun "Civilization", when it comes to topics like civilized world. popular alternative
Society
Society noun - The way people live at a particular time and place.
Usage example: a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home
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Synonyms for Society
Civilization is a synonym for society in humankind topic. You can use "Civilization" instead a noun "Society", if it concerns topics such as culture, community, public, civilized world. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- humanity and civilization
- humanity and society
- people and civilization
- people and society
- association and civilization
- association and society
- mankind and civilization
- mankind and society
- humankind and civilization
- humankind and society
- culture and civilization
- culture and society
- community and civilization
- community and society
How words are described
| human | human civilization | human society |
| old | old civilization | old society |
| alien | alien civilization | alien society |
| future | future civilization | future society |
| Other adjectives: current, original, free, entire, primitive, peaceful, new, advanced, underground, local, utopian, modern, magical, western, galactic, roman, technological, industrial, interstellar. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Human Aliens: The people of the forest are human, even though their civilization and society are pretty alien.
Source: Literature / Disquiet -
Redcloak, The Dragon from The Order of the Stick, is motivated by a vision given to him by his God, of goblins being able to be equal to the other races and building their own proper society and civilization instead of scratching out a living in places none of the other races would want to live.
Source: Visionary Villain - Additionally, they seem to view themselves above both civilization and society, and appears to strongly believe in Might Makes Right.
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