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Definition of: civilization
(siv′ə·lə·zā′shən, -lī·zā′-) noun
1. The state of human society regarded as having reached a high level of intellectual, social, and cultural development.
2. The countries and peoples considered to have reached this stage.
3. A stage in the cultural development of any specific people, country, or geographical region: Greek civilization; a primitive civilization. See CULTURE.
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