Incivility
[ɪnsɪ'vɪlɪtɪ] or [,ɪnsə'vɪləti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
(n.) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
(n.) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Discourtesy, rudeness, impoliteness, uncourteousness, uncourtliness, inurbanity, unmannerliness, disrespect, ill-breeding.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Discourtesy, illbreeding, ill-manners, uncourteousness
ANT:Civility, urbanity, goodness, politeness
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Examples
- Was not this some excuse for incivility, if I _was_ uncivil? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- A day or two later Mr. De Loche called on me in Memphis to apologize for his apparent incivility in not insisting on my staying for dinner. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I will say so much for you, though you have had the incivility to call me a beggar. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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