Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Neglect of one's duty as a citizen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Lack of civism; lack of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government.
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- noun Lack of
civism orpatriotism ;unfriendliness to one'sstate orgovernment .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A farcical trial speedily followed, in which he was charged with "incivism" in that he had damaged public health by adding water to tobacco.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The complaint of "incivism" would be more rational if there were some one by whom it could reasonably be made.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878
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The fact is, they are suspected of "incivism;" their intentions may not be right; in any event, they cause a division of the place into two camps, and that is enough.
The French Revolution - Volume 2 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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A hundred and fifty tonsured apostles of incivism here fell in one day beneath the two-handed sword of freedom.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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He loved show, too, and pleasure, and might now indulge both without the risk of falling under the suspicion of incivism, which, in the Reign of Terror, would have been incurred by any attempt to intermingle elegance with the enjoyments of social intercourse.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 263, Supplementary Number (1827) Various
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I am convinced that what there is of good in that theory of reform of our evils is not advanced toward embodiment in our law by the character of the men who make the Chicago platform an excuse to get the public confidence and carry out schemes of public plunder, political corruption and miscellaneous incivism.
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Party fealty is praised as a virtue, and disloyalty to party is treated as a species of incivism next in wickedness to treason.
Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878
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I don't care which -- that any care of it shall be a sort of crime; any sense of responsibility for its preservation a species of incivism punishable by fine or imprisonment.
Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878
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"No. We should regard that as the worst incivism."
A Traveler from Altruria: Romance William Dean Howells 1878
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Party fealty is praised as a virtue, and disloyalty to party is treated as a species of incivism next in wickedness to treason.
Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) William Dean Howells 1878
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