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Incivility
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Synonyms: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.