civics

See also: cívics

English

Etymology

From Latin civicus (“having to do with citizens or a town or city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪvɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

civics (usually uncountable, plural civics)

1. The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community.

Related terms

• civic

Translations

study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community

• Bulgarian: гражданско право n (graždansko pravo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公民學 / 公民学 (gōngmínxué), 公民教育 (gōngmín jiàoyù), 市政學 / 市政学 (shìzhèngxué)

• Dutch: maatschappijleer (nl) f
• Finnish: yhteiskuntaoppi (fi), kansalaistaito (old)
• French: éducation civique f
• German: Sozialkunde f, Gemeinschaftskunde f
• Hebrew: אֶזְרָחוּת (he) f (ezrakhút)
• Hungarian: állampolgári ismeretek
• Japanese: 公民学 (kōmingaku)
• Korean: 일반사회 (ilbansahoe)
• Polish: wiedza o społeczeństwie f
• Portuguese: cidadania (pt) f, educação cívica f
• Russian: гражданове́дение n (graždanovédenije)
• Spanish: cívica (es) f, educación cívica f (subject in school)
• Tagalog: palamayanan, sibika
• Telugu: పౌరశాస్త్రం (pauraśāstraṁ)