incivil
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ɪnˈsɪv.ɪl/
Adjective

incivil

  1. (rare) Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
    • 2005, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism - ISBN 0813008905 [http://books.google.com/books?id=7ERZredCZTMC&pg=PA235&dq=incivil+date:1980-2008&lr=lang_en&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=9aK0R9XTB4vUsgPEttyaBQ&sig=zLKqDFBa82FhjHxnk5OCv4XNdsc 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.
    • 2001, M. K. Gandhi, Non-Violent Resistance ISBN 0486416062 - [http://books.google.com/books?id=RZDIUlha-UMC&pg=PA182&dq=incivil+date:1980-2008&lr=lang_en&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=9aK0R9XTB4vUsgPEttyaBQ&sig=p9ayy57Z7uvFTzrA7BhBSovPH8I Page 182]
      "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."
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