Incivility

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incivility \In`ci*vil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incivilities}. [L.
     incivilitas: cf. F. incivilit['e].]
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     1. The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy;
        rudeness of manner; impoliteness. --Shak. Tillotson.
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     2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
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              Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in
              civil account, are called indecencies and
              incivilities.                         --Jer. Taylor.
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     3. Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
        [R.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
  
     Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness;
          disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incivility
       n : deliberate discourtesy [ant: {civility}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "incivility":
     Gothicism, Neanderthalism, animality, bad manners, barbarism,
     barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, boorishness, brutality,
     brutishness, caddishness, coarseness, crudeness, discourteousness,
     discourtesy, gross behavior, grossness, ill breeding, ill manners,
     impoliteness, inconsiderateness, indecorousness, indecorum,
     insensitivity, inurbanity, loutishness, mannerlessness,
     misbehavior, offensiveness, philistinism, rudeness, savagery,
     savagism, tactlessness, troglodytism, uncivilizedness,
     uncourtliness, uncouthness, uncultivatedness, uncultivation,
     unculturedness, ungallantness, ungentlemanliness, ungraciousness,
     unmannerliness, unpoliteness, unrefinement, unsolicitousness,
     vulgarity, wildness