civilisation
nounEtymology
Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation.
- borrowed from civilisation
Definitions
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling…
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.
- From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at civilisation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at civilisation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at civilisation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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