incivility
noun/ˌɪnsəˈvɪləti/
/ˌɪnsəˈvɪləti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural incivilities)
(formal)- rude behaviour; rude remarks see also uncivilTopics Personal qualitiesc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French incivilité or late Latin incivilitas, from Latin incivilis, from in- ‘not’ + civilis ‘of a citizen’, from civis ‘citizen’.
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