modern civilization

collocation in English

meaningsofmodernandcivilization

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modern
adjective
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/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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(Definition ofmodernandcivilizationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Serres diagnoses that the megalomachine ofmoderncivilizationhas transformed the human species as a whole into a veritable physical agent of history.
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In any case, the deeper human dimension of the question of commercialism is there in medicine as in all facets ofmoderncivilization.
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It is generally used for all unwanted household bric-a-brac and practically all the detritus ofmoderncivilizationgoes down its maw.
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In the later development of ourmoderncivilizationcandidates 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 ofmoderncivilization.
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The wildness of the nature and the complete lack of signs ofmoderncivilizationgives 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 ofmoderncivilization: who they were, how to speakeverything.
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This primitive form of clothing was replaced by more elaborate ensembles asmoderncivilizationevolved.
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They reject any contact with other people and are among the last people to remain virtually untouched bymoderncivilization.
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He said he hatedmoderncivilizationand 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 ofmoderncivilization.
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Their search led them to parts of the world that they constituted as representing alternatives tomoderncivilization.
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Tracing diverse diseases tomoderncivilization, 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 formoderncivilization.
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Sandall was a strong critic of romantic primitivism and the concept of the noble savage; he was an advocate ofmoderncivilization.
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Later in life he became more convinced thatmoderncivilizationwas 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 inmoderncivilization.
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Not long after arriving, however, he starts feeling corrupted bymoderncivilizationand decides to leave.
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Further, both hold that the actions ofmoderncivilizationthreaten global ecological well-being.
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Her plays explore the dichotomy within individuals that seek happiness but are betrayed bymoderncivilization.
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