incivility Meaning, Definition & Usage

In`ci*vil"i*ty noun

Etymology

L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilité.

Wordforms

plural Incivilities

Definitions

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.