the stage of human social development and organization which is considered most advanced:the Victorians equated the railways with progress and civilization
the process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization.
the society, culture, and way of life of a particular area:the great books of Western civilization [count noun]:the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt
the comfort and convenience of modern life, regarded as available only in towns and cities:in the UK nowhere is very far from civilization
civilization in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of civilization in the US English dictionary
