"incivility" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnsɪˈvɪlɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incivility.wav [Southern-England] Forms: incivilities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French incivilité, from Late Latin incivilitas (“incivility”), from Latin incivilis (“impolite, uncivil”), from in- (privative prefix) + civilis (“belonging to a citizen, civic, political, urbane, courteous, civil”) (from civis (“a citizen”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|incivilité}} Middle French incivilité, {{der|en|LL.|incivilitas|t=incivility}} Late Latin incivilitas (“incivility”), {{der|en|la|incivilis|t=impolite, uncivil}} Latin incivilis (“impolite, uncivil”), {{m|la|in-|pos=privative prefix}} in- (privative prefix), {{m|la|civilis|t=belonging to a citizen, civic, political, urbane, courteous, civil}} civilis (“belonging to a citizen, civic, political, urbane, courteous, civil”), {{m|la|civis|t=a citizen}} civis (“a citizen”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} incivility (countable and uncountable, plural incivilities)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: impoliteness Translations (state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner): грубост (grubost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неучтивост (neučtivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), incivilitat [feminine] (Catalan), epäkohteliaisuus (Finnish), unhöfliches Benehmen [neuter] (German), Unhöflichkeit [feminine] (German), Grobheit [feminine] (German), incivilidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incivility-en-noun-KGYpRCi~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 25 3 Disambiguation of 'state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner': 85 2 12
  2. (countable) Any act of rudeness or ill-breeding. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-incivility-en-noun-Vwo3CmAv
  3. (uncountable) Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-incivility-en-noun-fjY2EGK4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: incivil, discourtesy, disrespect, impoliteness, rudeness, uncourteousness, unmannerliness

Inflected forms

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