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civilization
civilization culture with a relatively high degree of elaboration and technical development. The term civilization also designates that complex of cultural elements that first appeared in human history between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago. At that time, on the basis of agriculture, stock-raising, an... Read more
civil engineering
civil engineering Field of engineering dealing with large structures and systems. Civil engineers provide facilities for living, industry and transportation, such as roads, bridges, airports, dams, harbours and tunnels.... Read more
civil time
civil time local time based on universal time . Civil time may be formally defined as mean solar time plus 12 hr; the civil day begins at midnight, while the mean solar day begins at noon. Civil time is occasionally adjusted by one-second increments to ensure that the difference between a unif... Read more
civil disobedience
civil disobedience refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral right and usually employ the nonviolent technique of passive resistance in order to bring wider attention to the injustice. Risking punishment, such... Read more
civil defense
civil defense nonmilitary activities designed to protect civilians and their property from enemy actions in time of war. A civil defense program usually includes measures taken during peace (e.g., building home shelters or air raid warning practice), measures to warn civilians of an impending attac... Read more
civil service
civil service entire body of those employed in the civil administration as distinct from the military and excluding elected officials. The term was used in designating the British administration of India, and its first application elsewhere was in 1854 in England. Modern civil service personnel are... Read more
Aegean civilization
Aegean civilization , term for the Bronze Age cultures of pre-Hellenic Greece. The complexity of those early civilizations was not suspected before the excavations of archaeologists in the late 19th cent. The most remarkable of the cultures was perhaps that of Crete, which was flourishing by the beg... Read more
civil rights
civil rights rights that a nation's inhabitants enjoy by law. The term is broader than "political rights," which refer only to rights devolving from the franchise and are held usually only by a citizen, and unlike "natural rights," civil rights have a legal as well as a philosophical basis.... Read more
civil law
civil law as used in this article, a modern legal system based upon Roman law , as distinguished from common law . Civil law is based on written legal codes, a hallmark of the Roman legal system, in which disputes were settled by reference to a written legal code arrived at through legislation, e... Read more
Minoan civilization
Minoan civilization , ancient Cretan culture representing a stage in the development of the Aegean civilization . It is named for the legendary King Minos of Crete. The culture was divided by Sir Arthur Evans into three periods that include the whole of the Bronze Age: Early Minoan (c.3000 BC-220... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Civil"

civil rights
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition civil rights rights that a nation's inhabitants enjoy...by a citizen, and unlike "natural rights," civil rights have a legal as well as a philosophical basis. In the United States civil rights are usually thought of in terms of the specific...
Civil Rights
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Civil Rights. The concept of civil rights has changed dramatically since it first became a central...life and liberty and the right to attempt to procure property. Civil rights were the rights people possessed once they organized a society...
Civil and Criminal Divide
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice CIVIL AND CRIMINAL DIVIDE The structure of the...system presupposes a clear distinction between civil and criminal wrongs in that the system provides...The clearest, strongest version of the civil/criminal distinction goes something like...
Civil Society
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Civil Society Civil society (from the Latin civilis societas ) is the realm of independent...Adam Ferguson (1723 – 1816) and his Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767). Ferguson saw the new commercial civilization then displacing...
Civil Law
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Civil Law has two distinct meanings. As used within the American legal system, “civil law” is noncriminal law such as...law, and the rules governing procedure in civil cases. But “civil law”...
Civil Defense
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Civil Defense. Even after the advent of nuclear weapons , the civil defense program did not begin in earnest in the United...peak in the early 1980s. In both periods, a nuclear civil defense program, whenever it moved beyond mere rhetoric...
civil disobedience
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition civil disobedience refusal to obey a law or follow...believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral...changes in the law. In the modern era, civil disobedience has been used in such events...
civil service
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition civil service entire body of those employed in the civil administration as distinct from the military and excluding...first application elsewhere was in 1854 in England. Modern civil service personnel are usually chosen by examination and promoted...
Civil Liberties
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Civil Liberties Civil liberties are individual freedoms intended to protect citizens from government...when accused of committing a crime. While many tend to use the terms civil liberties and civil rights interchangeably, civil liberties can be distinguished...
Civil Wars
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Civil Wars Since the end of World War II (1939 – 1945), civil wars (wars within nations) have surpassed interstate...contrast, there were more than four times as many civil wars (108), resulting in almost four times as many...

Dictionary entries related to "Civil"

Civil Rights Act of 1964
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. Congressional concern for civil rights diminished with the end of Reconstruction and the Supreme Court's 1883 decision in the Civil Rights Cases holding the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional...
Civil Disobedience
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE denotes the public, and usually nonviolent, defiance...slavery and its war against Mexico, Henry David Thoreau engaged in civil disobedience by refusing to pay a poll tax. One may interpret Thoreau...
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957, Congress's first civil rights legislation since the end of Reconstruction, established the U.S. Justice Department as a guarantor of the right to vote. The act was a presidential response...
Civil Society: Europe and the United States
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas Civil Society: Europe and the United States An...of Western political and social theory, civil society has enjoyed enormous popularity in...Three distinct usages can be delineated. Civil society first appears in classical Greek...
Civil Society: Responses in Africa and the Middle East
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas Civil Society: Responses in Africa and the Middle...globalization, but he may well have been alluding to civil society. Ever since it made a blazing entry...mainstream political theory in the mid 1980s, civil society has had a quite remarkable career...
Civil Service
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE, the term applied to the appointed civilian employees of a governmental...distinct from elected officials and military personnel. Increasingly, most civil service systems in the United States are characterized by a merit system...
Civil Religion
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL RELIGION CIVIL RELIGION, a term popularized by sociologist Robert Bellah, is used...identity in the United States. The basic theory maintains that an informal civil religion binds the American people to God. This civil religion fosters...
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991. President George H. W. Bush vetoed the proposed Civil Rights Act of 1990, asserting that it would force employers to adopt rigid race-and gender-based hiring and promotion quotas to protect...
Civil Defense
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE has been defined as those activities that are designed or undertaken...utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by such an attack. Modern civil defense dates from World War II, although precedents existed in World...
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866. Passed over a presidential veto on 9 April 1866...unassimilated Native Americans, and defined and protected citizens' civil rights. The law was part of Congress's attempt to reconstruct the...

Thesaurus entries related to "Civil"

civil
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English civil • adjective   1. civil war synonyms : interior, internal, domestic, at home.   2. civil responsibilities synonyms : civic, municipal, public, community, local. See civic.   3. civil government...
civil servant
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus civil servant • noun  her first position as a civil servant was in the town hall, issuing dog licenses synonyms : public servant, government official; bureaucrat, official, administrator, functionary, mandarin; informal...
social
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English social • adjective   1. social problems synonyms : community, civil, civic, public, societal.   2. social clubs/evenings synonyms : entertainment, recreational, amusement.  ...
polite
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...x2022; adjective   1. too polite to interrupt/complain/belch synonyms : well-mannered, mannerly, courteous, civil, respectful, deferential, well-behaved, well-bred, genteel, polished, tactful, diplomatic.   2. things...
ladylike
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ladylike • adjective   synonyms : genteel, refined, well-bred, cultivated, polished, decorous, proper, correct, respectable, well-mannered, courteous, polite, civil, gracious.
impractical
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...unrealistic, impossible, nonviable, inoperable, inoperative, unserviceable.   2. his work is too impractical for a civil engineer synonyms : theoretical, abstract, academic, speculative.   3. an impractical young woman synonyms : unrealistic...
federal
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English federal • adjective  federal statutes synonyms : national, civil, nationwide, governmental.
engineer
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English engineer • noun   1. the engineer who designed the bridge synonyms : civil engineer, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, aeronautical engineer, chemical engineer; planner, designer, builder...
deferential
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...xA0; 1. a deferential regard for the old synonyms : respectful, considerate, thoughtful, attentive, courteous, polite, civil, reverent, reverential, dutiful, regardful.   2. a deferential attitude to the experts synonyms : respectful...
amicable
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English amicable • adjective  an amicable settlement synonyms : friendly, good-natured, civil, harmonious, cordial, nonhostile, peaceful. antonyms: unfriendly; hostile.

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Civil society in Nepal: in search of reality.(Report)
Magazine article from: Contributions to Nepalese Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Background In recent years 'Civil Society' has become a slogan for sociologists...The discourse on the modern concept of civil society in Nepal is fairly new despite...practices. But those civic practices of civil society based on traditional voluntarism...
Civil society in Singapore: popular discourses and concepts.
Magazine article from: SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; The character of a civil society is largely dependent on contemporary...philosopher and economist, respectively, "civil society" was envisaged as a regulatory...however, drew clear distinctions between civil society, family, and the state (Ehrenberg...
Civil service reform in post-independence Nigeria: Issues and challenges
Magazine article from: Public Administration Quarterly; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...article examines Nigeria's experience with civil service reforms after it attained independence...from Britain in 1960. It first highlights civil service reform programs attempted by various...that impeded implementation of previous civil service reform programs. Next. The study...
Civil Service Statistics 1999 published.
M2 Presswire; 3/15/2000; 700+ words ; ...PRESSWIRE-15 March 2000-UK GOVERNMENT: Civil Service Statistics 1999 published (C...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15032000 Civil Service Statistics 1999 was published today. The publication highlights key trends in Civil Service staffing for the period up to 1...
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ANNIVERSARY:PETER ZAMORA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 9/5/2007; 700+ words ; ...community education programs to protect and promote the civil rights of the Latino community. I am pleased to...colleagues in celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 remains as important today as...
Civil Servants embrace innovation.
M2 Presswire; 7/6/2009; 700+ words ; ...PRESSWIRE-6 July 2009-UK Government: Civil Servants embrace innovation(C)1994...Triple Jump champion Jonathan Edwards at Civil Service Live 2009. This is an opportunity...future. Sir Gus, who is head of the UK Civil Service, said: "Civil Service Live is...
CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OVERSIGHT:WADE HENDERSON
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 6/21/2007; 700+ words ; ...President and CEO Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Committee on Senate Judiciary June...and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. The Leadership Conference is the nation`s premier civil and human rights coalition, and has coordinated...
Civil society and social capital in Upper Silesia, a region on its way to the European union (1).(Column)
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Civic virtues should be a basic element of civil society in Central Eastern European countries...article is to analyse the (re)building of civil society and the special example of social...transition, which stressed the role of civil society defined as a bottom-up activity...
Civil affairs: as demands for nation-building troops soar, leaders ponder reorganization.(SPECIAL OPERATIONS)
Magazine article from: National Defense; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...proposals to reorganize the small but highly in-demand civil affairs force. Civil affairs troops, who specialize in nation building...try to rebuild the economy and the infrastructure. Civil affairs soldiers, who are trained on the intricacies...
COLUMN: Civil unionized?
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/26/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Since the creation of the term "civil union" by Vermont's legislative branch...there has been a discussion on whether a civil union is the right answer to the ongoing...legalization of homosexual marriage. Although civil unions seem to be a pleasing compromise...