单词 | civilizational |
释义 | civilizationaladj. Of or relating to civilization. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [adjective] civilizational1848 cultural1875 1848 (title) A woman's account of England the civilizer..with reference to the Civilizational History of Modern Europe. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1358/1 The aboriginal inhabitants..are by no means uniform..in grade of civilisational development. 1866 Ld. Strangford in Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Apr. 9 Mere civilizational optimism. 1932 Jrnl. Philos. 29 233 Euclidean geometry was a product of a very definite social or civilizational system. 1952 E. Voegel New Sci. of Politics iv. 126 The civilizational expansiveness of Western Society in the high Middle Ages. 2006 V. Smil Transforming 20th Cent. vii. 309 Tomorrow's technical advances may lead us into a civilizational cul-de-sac. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1848 |
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