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civility  

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  • The term civility defines a state of cultural refinement associated with good citizenship. Sharing a root with the Latin word for city (civitas), it refers to the sophisticated behavior of an urbanite of the times, in contrast with rural coarseness or barbarism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Civility]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HM1GCX94-B

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