incivil

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ civil.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɪv.ɪl/

Adjective

incivil (comparative more incivil, superlative most incivil)

1. (rare) Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
   • 2005, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, 'Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism, ' -, →ISBN, page 235:

     "No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."

2. (rare) Uncivilized, barbarous.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:

     Oft haue I heard your Maieſtie complain,
     Of Tamburlaine that ſturdie Scythian thiefe,
     That robs your merchants of Perſepolis,
     Trading by land vnto the westerne Iſles,
     And in your confines with his lawleſſe traine,
     Daily commits inciuill outrages.

   • 2001, M. K. Gandhi, 'Non-Violent Resistance, ', →ISBN, page 182:

     "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."

Related terms

• incivility

Translations

Want of courtesy

• Finnish: epäkohtelias (fi)
• Greek: αγενής (el) m (agenís)
• Spanish: incivil (es)

Want of civilization

• Finnish: sivistymätön (fi)
• Spanish: salvaje (es), bárbaro (es)

See also

• uncivil

Anagrams

• vicilin

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

incivil (feminine incivile, masculine plural incivils, feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil

Further reading

• “incivil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

From in- +‎ civil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inθiˈbil/ [ĩn̟.θiˈβ̞il]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /insiˈbil/ [ĩn.siˈβ̞il]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: in‧ci‧vil

Adjective

incivil m or f (masculine and feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil; impolite

   Antonym: civil

Related terms

• incivilidad

 

Further reading

• “incivil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28