Civilization Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for civilization in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of civilization in 10 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for civilization alphabetically.

barbarism

atrocity
barbarity
brutality
catachresis
coarseness
corruption
cruelty
impropriety
inhumanity
localism
malapropism
misusage
misuse

decline

abatement
backsliding
comedown
cropper
decay
decrepitude
degeneracy
degeneration
descent
deterioration
devolution
diminution
dissolution

decrease

abatement
compression
condensation
constriction
contraction
cutback
decline
declining
decrescence
depression
diminution
discount
downturn

destruction

abolishing
abolition
annihilation
assassinating
bane
carnage
crashing
crushing
disintegrating
disrupting
dissolving
downfall
elimination

ignorance

benightedness
bewilderment
blindness
callowness
crudeness
darkness
denseness
disregard
dumbness
empty-headedness
fog
half-knowledge
illiteracy

primitiveness

baldness
bareness
dourness
economy
plainness
rusticism
severity
simplicity
spareness
spartanism
starkness
unadornment

retreat

ebb
evacuation
flight
retirement
withdrawal

retrogression

recession
regression
retreat
retroaction
reverse
throwback

rudeness

acrimony
asperity
audacity
bad manners
barbarity
bluntness
boldness
boorishness
brass
cheek
coarseness
crudeness
crudity

stoppage

abeyance
arrest
blockage
check
close
closure
cutoff
deduction
discontinuance
down
downtime
hindrance
interruption

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