incivil

English

Etymology

in- +‎ civil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɪv.ɪl/

Adjective

incivil (comparative more incivil, superlative most incivil)

1. (rare) Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
   • 2005, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism - →ISBN Page 235

     "No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."

2. (rare) Uncivilized, barbarous.
   • 2001, M. K. Gandhi, Non-Violent Resistance →ISBN Page 182

     "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."

Related terms

• incivility

Translations

Want of courtesy

• Finnish: epäkohtelias (fi)
• Greek: αγενής (el) m (agenís)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: incivil (es)

Want of civilization

• Finnish: sivistymätön (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: salvaje (es), bárbaro (es)

See also

• uncivil

Anagrams

• vicilin

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French

Adjective

incivil (feminine incivile, masculine plural incivils, feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil

Further reading

• “incivil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

in- +‎ civil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inθiˈbil/ [ĩn̟.θiˈβ̞il]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /insiˈbil/ [ĩn.siˈβ̞il]

Adjective

incivil m or f (masculine and feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil; impolite

   Antonym: civil

Related terms

• incivilidad

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001