Civilization vs. Society

Civilizationnoun

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

Civilizationnoun

(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.

Civilizationnoun

The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

Civilizationnoun

The state or quality of being civilized.

Civilizationnoun

(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

Civilizationproper noun

Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World

Civilizationnoun

The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.

Civilizationnoun

Rendering a criminal process civil.

Civilizationnoun

a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations);

Civilizationnoun

the social process whereby societies achieve civilization

Civilizationnoun

a particular society at a particular time and place;

Civilizationnoun

the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste;

Civilization

A civilization (or civilisation) is a complex society that is characterized by urban development, social stratification, a form of government, and symbolic systems of communication (such as writing).Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, such as centralization, the domestication of both humans and other organisms, specialization of labour, culturally-ingrained ideologies of progress and supremacism, monumental architecture, taxation, societal dependence upon farming and expansionism.Historically, has often been understood as a larger and culture, in implied contrast to smaller, supposedly primitive cultures. In this broad sense, a civilization contrasts with non-centralized tribal societies, including the cultures of nomadic pastoralists, Neolithic societies or hunter-gatherers; however, sometimes it also contrasts with the cultures found within civilizations themselves.

Societynoun

(countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

Societynoun

(countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

Societynoun

(countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.

Societynoun

(uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.

Societynoun

(uncountable) High society.

Societynoun

A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

Societynoun

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

Societynoun

Connection; participation; partnership.

Societynoun

A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.

Societynoun

The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.

Societynoun

Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.

Societynoun

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

Societynoun

a formal association of people with similar interests;

Societynoun

the state of being with someone;

Societynoun

the fashionable elite

Societynoun

the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community

Societynoun

the community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations

Societynoun

a specified section of society

Societynoun

the aggregate of people who are fashionable, wealthy, and influential, regarded as forming a distinct group in a community

Societynoun

a plant or animal community

Societynoun

an organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity

Societynoun

the situation of being in the company of other people

Society

A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent of members.