incivility
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin incivilitas (“incivility”), from Latin incivilis (“impolite, uncivil”), from in- (“privative”) + civilis (“belonging to a citizen, civic, political, urbane, courteous, civil”), from civis (“a citizen”).
[edit] Noun
incivility (countable and uncountable; plural incivilities)
- The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
- Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
- Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
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[edit] References
- incivility in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- incivility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
