What does uncivil mean?

Definitions for uncivil
ʌnˈsɪv əlun·civ·il

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. uncivil, rudeadjective

    lacking civility or good manners

    "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

Wiktionary

  1. unciviladjective

    Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.

  2. unciviladjective

    Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unciviladjective

    Unpolite; not agreeable to rules of elegance, or complaisance.

    Etymology: incivil, Fr. incivilis, Lat.

    Your undutiful, uncivil, and uncharitable dealing in this your book, hath detected you. John Whitgift.

    They love me well, yet I have much to do,
    To keep me from uncivil outrages. William Shakespeare.

    My friends are so unreasonable, that they would have me be uncivil to him. Spectator, №. 475.

Wikipedia

  1. uncivil

    Incivility is a general term for social behaviour lacking in civility or good manners, on a scale from rudeness or lack of respect for elders, to vandalism and hooliganism, through public drunkenness and threatening behaviour. The word "incivility" is derived from the Latin incivilis, meaning "not of a citizen".The distinction between plain rudeness, and perceived incivility as threat, will depend on some notion of civility as structural to society; incivility as anything more ominous than bad manners is therefore dependent on appeal to notions like its antagonism to the complex concepts of civic virtue or civil society. It has become a contemporary political issue in a number of countries.

ChatGPT

  1. uncivil

    Uncivil refers to behavior or attitudes that are rude, disrespectful, discourteous, or lacking good manners and politeness. It typically describes actions that disrupt social norms and common standards of respect towards others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unciviladjective

    not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized

  2. Unciviladjective

    not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Uncivil

    un-siv′il, adj. not civil or courteous, rude: (Spens.) not civilised, wild.—adj. Unciv′ilised, barbarous.—adv. Unciv′illy, not civilly or politely.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of uncivil in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of uncivil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of uncivil in a Sentence

  1. President Biden:

    We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal.

  2. Mike Pompeo:

    Professionalism isn't dependent on position or salary. It's about disagreeing without being uncivil.

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