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- noun The time prior to
civilization .
Etymologies
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pre- + civilization
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Examples
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Mr. Wright is prone to supposing that strong conclusions regarding precivilization can be drawn from the writings of anthropologists.
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It was pre-Commonwealth - precivilization, really-but that hadn't mitigated its impact on him.
For Love Of Mother Not Foster, Alan Dean 1983
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It was pre-Commonwealth - precivilization, really-but that hadn't mitigated its impact on him.
For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983
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