incivility
Meanings
noun
- The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner.
- Any act of rudeness or ill-breeding.
- Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
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From Middle French incivilité, from Late Latin incivilitas (“incivility”), from Latin incivilis (“impolite, uncivil”), from in- (privative prefix) + civilis (“belonging to a citizen, civic, political, urbane, courteous, civil”) (from civis (“a citizen”)), equivalent to in- + civility.
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