单词 | uncivic |
释义 | uncivicadj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > public-spiritedness > [adjective] > not in accordance with public good uncivil1597 uncivic1791 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ i. 54 The spirit of resistance to uncivic commands broke forth at once in every part of the empire. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life I. 129 So uncivic and anti-commercial an offence. 1892 J. W. Headlam in Classical Rev. 297/2 Anyone who incurred suspicion of uncivic conduct, either political or moral, would be summoned before the Council. Derivatives unˈcivically adv. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [adverb] > not according to rights of citizen uncivically1931 1931 A. Huxley Music at Night ii. 81 We do not admit..that there should be citizens treated uncivically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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