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Lack of civic-mindedness or of patriotism.

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Usage examples (22)
  • The complaint of "incivism" would be more rational if there were some one by whom it could reasonably be made.
  • The fact is, they are suspected of "incivism;" their intentions may not be right; in any event, they cause a division of the place into two camps, and that is enough.
  • A hundred and fifty tonsured apostles of incivism here fell in one day beneath the two-handed sword of freedom.
  • "No. We should regard that as the worst incivism."
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