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noun the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
noun a particular society at a particular time and place
noun a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
originBorrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0