Uncivility vs. Incivility

Uncivilitynoun

(archaic) incivility; rudeness

Uncivilitynoun

Incivility.

Incivilitynoun

(uncountable) The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner.

Incivilitynoun

(countable) Any act of rudeness or ill-breeding.

Incivilitynoun

(uncountable) Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.

Incivilitynoun

The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.

Incivilitynoun

Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.

Incivilitynoun

Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.

Incivilitynoun

deliberate discourtesy

Incivility

Incivility is a general term for social behaviour lacking in civility or good manners, on a scale from rudeness or lack of respect for elders, to vandalism and hooliganism, through public drunkenness and threatening behaviour. The word is derived from the Latin incivilis, meaning .The distinction between plain rudeness, and perceived incivility as threat, will depend on some notion of civility as structural to society; incivility as anything more ominous than bad manners is therefore dependent on appeal to notions like its antagonism to the complex concepts of civic virtue or civil society.