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civilization
noun as in culture, sophistication
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Sudan is a country with a long memory: Our history stretches back to the biblical Kingdom of Kush, one of Africa’s greatest civilizations.
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. once said, “I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.”
“Those are the two main threats to our civilization.”
If you have never written a to-do list, you are missing out on one of civilization’s greatest achievements.
For example, Monsieur Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that people were basically generous and kind, and that disagreeable behavior was caused by a poor upbringing and the corrupting influence of civilization.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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