civilization

Noun

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
  • a man of intellectual refinement
    
  • he is remembered for his generosity and civilization
    

• a particular society at a particular time and place
  • early Mayan civilization
    

• the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

• a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
  • the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  refinement , civilisation , culture