CIVILIZATION

[UK and ANZ] usually -isation [noun] - human society with its highly developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in timeSome people think that nuclear war would mean the end of civilization. [U]Cuzco was the centre of one of the world's most famous civilizations, that of the Incas. [C]See also civilization at civilize.(esp. humorous) Civilization also refers to a place that has comfortable living conditions.How does it feel to be back in civilization after all those weeks in a tent?