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incivility

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incivility  \In`ci*vil"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Incivilities}.  [L. 
  incivilitas:  cf  F.  incivilit['e].] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  uncivil;  want  of  courtesy; 
  rudeness  of  manner;  impoliteness.  --Shak.  Tillotson 
 
  2.  Any  act  of  rudeness  or  ill  breeding. 
 
  Uncomely  jests,  loud  talking  and  jeering,  which  in 
  civil  account,  are  called  indecencies  and 
  incivilities.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  3.  Want  of  civilization;  a  state  of  rudeness  or  barbarism. 
  [R.]  --Sir  W.  Raleigh. 
 
  Syn:  Impoliteness;  uncourteousness  unmannerliness; 
  disrespect;  rudeness;  discourtesy. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incivility 
  n  :  deliberate  discourtesy  [ant:  {civility}]




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