Definitions for: Incivility


[n] deliberate discourtesy



Webster (1913) Definition: In`ci*vil"i*ty, n.; pl. Incivilities. [L.
incivilitas: cf. F. incivilit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy;
rudeness of manner; impoliteness. --Shak. Tillotson.

2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.

Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in
civil account, are called indecencies and
incivilities. --Jer. Taylor.

3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
[R.] --Sir W. Raleigh.

Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness;
disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.

Antonyms: civility

See Also: discourtesy, rudeness

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