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modern civilization

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meanings of modernand civilization


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modern
adjective
uk /ˈmɒd.ən/ us /ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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civilization
noun
uk /ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌsɪv.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period ...
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Examples of modern civilization


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Serres diagnoses that the megalomachine of moderncivilization has transformed the human species as a whole into a veritable physical agent of history.
In any case, the deeper human dimension of the question of commercialism is there in medicine as in all facets of moderncivilization.
It is generally used for all unwanted household bric-a-brac and practically all the detritus of moderncivilization goes down its maw.
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In the later development of our moderncivilization candidates representing various phases of human thought have appeared in almost all constituencies.
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They have built up this wonderful prosperity which everybody who has seen it remarks upon as being one of the finest efforts of moderncivilization.
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The wildness of the nature and the complete lack of signs of moderncivilization gives these mountains a special appeal.
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Thousands of years of human civilization vanished overnight as people forgot how to use the tools of moderncivilization: who they were, how to speakeverything.
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This primitive form of clothing was replaced by more elaborate ensembles as moderncivilization evolved.
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They reject any contact with other people and are among the last people to remain virtually untouched by moderncivilization.
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He said he hated moderncivilization and felt better in nature with the bears than he did in big cities around humans.
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The theory provides a quantitative basis of the transient-pulse-theory of moderncivilization.
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Their search led them to parts of the world that they constituted as representing alternatives to moderncivilization.
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Tracing diverse diseases to moderncivilization, he called for farmland's return to the people.
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Studies have shown that a solar storm of this magnitude occurring today would cause widespread problems for moderncivilization.
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Sandall was a strong critic of romantic primitivism and the concept of the noble savage; he was an advocate of moderncivilization.
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Later in life he became more convinced that moderncivilization was actually inferior to or the same as previous cultures in terms of morality.
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Iron is still the major hard material in use in moderncivilization.
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Not long after arriving, however, he starts feeling corrupted by moderncivilization and decides to leave.
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Further, both hold that the actions of moderncivilization threaten global ecological well-being.
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Her plays explore the dichotomy within individuals that seek happiness but are betrayed by moderncivilization.
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