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incivility

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  1. 1. n. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. deliberate discourtesy Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson. 2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. Jer. Taylor. 3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh. Syn. -- Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy. Source: webster
  6. 6. n:100 n. deliberate discourtesy Source: ecdict

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