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uncivil

[uhn-siv-uhl]

adjective

  1. without good manners; unmannerly; rude; impolite; discourteous.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. uncivilized.



uncivil

/ ˌʌnsɪˈvɪlɪtɪ, ʌnˈsɪvəl /

adjective

  1. lacking civility or good manners

  2. an obsolete word for uncivilized

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • uncivility noun
  • uncivilness noun
  • uncivilly adverb
  • ܲˈ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of uncivil1

First recorded in 1545–55; un- 1 + civil
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It intervenes if people are uncivil to each other, and it guides people in coming up with the key questions that they want to ask panels of competing experts who represent different points of view.

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As Jamieson noted, “We’re influenced by what we see around us. If I hear a lot of what we would traditionally mark off as uncivil discourse, it seems normal to me.”

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Mainly, what I don’t fully fathom is why any American could vote for an uncivil creep like Donald Trump.

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Now the Republican Party knows it is left with a complete, anti-American, uncivil lowlife who lies as he breathes and contaminates everything he touches.

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About 2 million California Republicans voted for a lying, uncivil, fraudulent con man.

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