civic

[civĀ·ic]

If something is related to or benefits an individual citizen, it can be described as civic. People often say that it is your civic duty to vote.

...

Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.

Adjective
of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"

Adjective
of or relating or belonging to a city; "civic center"; "civic problems"


a.
Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.


Civic

Civ"ic , a. [L.civicus, fr. civis citizen. See City.] Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs. Civic crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.

...

Usage Examples

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

When you Google me, you'll find a lot of people don't like Richard Dreyfuss. Because I'm cocky and I present a cocky attitude. But no one has ever disagreed with the notion I represent, that we need more civic education. So far there's 100 percent support for that.

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.

If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.

Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

Misspelled Form

civic, xcivic, dcivic, fcivic, vcivic, civic, xivic, divic, fivic, vivic, ivic, cxivic, cdivic, cfivic, cvivic, c ivic, cuivic, c8ivic, c9ivic, coivic, cjivic, ckivic, cuvic, c8vic, c9vic, covic, cjvic, ckvic, ciuvic, ci8vic, ci9vic, ciovic, cijvic, cikvic, cicvic, cifvic, cigvic, cibvic, ci vic, cicic, cific, cigic, cibic, ci ic, civcic, civfic, civgic, civbic, civ ic, civuic, civ8ic, civ9ic, civoic, civjic, civkic, civuc, civ8c, civ9c, civoc, civjc, civkc, civiuc, civi8c, civi9c, civioc, civijc, civikc, civixc, cividc, civifc, civivc, civi c, civix, civid, civif, civiv, civi , civicx, civicd, civicf, civicv, civic .

Other Usage Examples

Frequent worshippers are also significantly more active citizens. They are more likely to belong to community organizations, especially those concerned with young people, health, arts and leisure, neighborhood and civic groups and professional associations.

Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'

There's a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the problems of the world.

It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.

Comments


Browse Dictionary