Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incivility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incivility \In`ci*vil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incivilities}. [L.
incivilitas: cf. F. incivilit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy;
rudeness of manner; impoliteness. --Shak. Tillotson.
2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in
civil account, are called indecencies and
incivilities. --Jer. Taylor.
3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
[R.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness;
disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incivility
n : deliberate discourtesy [ant: {civility}]
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