Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Uncivil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Uncivil; rude.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Displaying a lack of
courtesy ;rude ,impolite . - adjective rare
Uncivilized ,barbarous .
Etymologies
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Examples
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What can you point to in my post that is incivil, that is rhetoric not reason; and what can you point to in the personal attack directed at me that is civil, that is reason not rhetoric?
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All of these aspects of what is defined as incivil serve to ensure that it is used to maintain patriarchy.
Feminist and feminist-friendly only thread: Civility, “Alas” and feminism 2005
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It's some of the most painfully incivil stuff in the world, and happily, the folks over at "The Daily Show" have made a "real America" mash-up that does credit to their defense of all Americans.
Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: 'Real America' Jason Linkins 2010
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It's some of the most painfully incivil stuff in the world, and happily, the folks over at "The Daily Show" have made a "real America" mash-up that does credit to their defense of all Americans.
Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: 'Real America' Jason Linkins 2010
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I do not underestimate the dangers of uninformed exploration of incivil backwoods trails whether in Michoacan or Chiapas or Alabama or Northern California and anyone who walks unprotected into such places has a fool as a companion.
Michoacan Redux 2009
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It's some of the most painfully incivil stuff in the world, and happily, the folks over at "The Daily Show" have made a "real America" mash-up that does credit to their defense of all Americans.
Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: 'Real America' Jason Linkins 2010
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It's some of the most painfully incivil stuff in the world, and happily, the folks over at "The Daily Show" have made a "real America" mash-up that does credit to their defense of all Americans.
Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: 'Real America' Jason Linkins 2010
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It's some of the most painfully incivil stuff in the world, and happily, the folks over at "The Daily Show" have made a "real America" mash-up that does credit to their defense of all Americans.
Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: 'Real America' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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It's some of the most painfully incivil stuff in the world, and happily, the folks over at "The Daily Show" have made a "real America" mash-up that does credit to their defense of all Americans.
Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: 'Real America' Jason Linkins 2010
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It's some of the most painfully incivil stuff in the world, and happily, the folks over at "The Daily Show" have made a "real America" mash-up that does credit to their defense of all Americans.
Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: 'Real America' Jason Linkins 2010
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