'Incivility' definitions:
Definition of 'Incivility'
From: GCIDE
- Incivility \In`ci*vil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Incivilities. [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilit['e].] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. --Shak. Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. [1913 Webster]
- Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
- Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incivility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animality,
- bad manners,
- barbarism,
- barbarity,
- barbarousness,
- bestiality,
- boorishness,
- brutality,
- brutishness,
- caddishness,
- coarseness,
- crudeness,
- discourteousness,
- discourtesy,
- Gothicism,
- gross behavior,
- grossness,
- ill breeding,
- ill manners,
- impoliteness,
- inconsiderateness,
- indecorousness,
- indecorum,
- insensitivity,
- inurbanity,
- loutishness,
- mannerlessness,
- misbehavior,
- Neanderthalism,
- offensiveness,
- philistinism,
- rudeness,
- savagery,
- savagism,
- tactlessness,
- troglodytism,
- uncivilizedness,
- uncourtliness,
- uncouthness,
- uncultivatedness,
- uncultivation,
- unculturedness,
- ungallantness,
- ungentlemanliness,
- ungraciousness,
- unmannerliness,
- unpoliteness,
- unrefinement,
- unsolicitousness,
- vulgarity,
- wildness