usage: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
2. culture, civilization, civilisation, society
usage: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
3. civilization, civilisation, society
usage: a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
usage: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"