| CIVICISM | • civicism n. The principle of civil government. • CIVICISM n. a system of government based on individual rights. |
| CIVILIAN | • civilian n. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces. • civilian n. (Informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider. • civilian n. One skilled in civil law. |
| CIVILISE | • civilise v. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour. • civilise v. To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person… • civilise v. To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state. |
| CIVILIST | • civilist n. (Obsolete) One who studies or works with the civil law. • civilist n. (Obsolete, theology) One who rejects the moral authority of Christ but who nevertheless adheres to a… • civilist n. (Obsolete) A statesman, politician, or student of the political sciences. |
| CIVILITY | • civility n. Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. • civility n. (Chiefly in the plural) An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy. • civility n. (Now archaic) The state or fact of being civilized; civilization. |
| CIVILIZE | • civilize v. Alternative spelling of civilise. • CIVILIZE v. to instruct in refinements, also CIVILISE. |
| COERCIVE | • coercive adj. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce. • coercive adj. (Mathematics, of a function F) Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity. • COERCIVE adj. serving or intended to coerce. |
| CRESCIVE | • crescive adj. (Archaic) Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development. • CRESCIVE adj. increasing. |
| EVINCIVE | • evincive adj. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative. • EVINCIVE adj. tending to evince. |
| INCIVISM | • incivism n. Lack of civism or patriotism; unfriendliness to one’s state or government. • INCIVISM n. neglect of duty as a citizen. |
| SEDUCIVE | • seducive adj. Obsolete form of seductive. • SEDUCIVE adj. able to seduce. |