incivility

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=ci=vil=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

incivility, n. [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilité.].

•  The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.  Shak. Tillotson.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.  [1913 Webster]

  "Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities."  [1913 Webster]
•  Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.  Sir W. Raleigh.

Syn. -- Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incivility, n. (pl. -ies)
1 rudeness, discourtesy.
2 a rude or discourteous act.

Etymology

F incivilit{eacute} or LL incivilitas (as IN-(1), CIVILITY)

THESAURUS

incivility

Gothicism, Neanderthalism, animality, bad manners, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, boorishness, brutality, brutishness, caddishness, coarseness, crudeness, discourteousness, discourtesy, gross behavior, grossness, ill breeding, ill manners, impoliteness, inconsiderateness, indecorousness, indecorum, insensitivity, inurbanity, loutishness, mannerlessness, misbehavior, offensiveness, philistinism, rudeness, savagery, savagism, tactlessness, troglodytism, uncivilizedness, uncourtliness, uncouthness, uncultivatedness, uncultivation, unculturedness, ungallantness, ungentlemanliness, ungraciousness, unmannerliness, unpoliteness, unrefinement, unsolicitousness, vulgarity, wildness