Is “Civilization” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
CIVILIZATION
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
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Meaning of Civilization

[ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən]

noun
  1. 1.An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political or technical development.

    Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.

  2. 2.Human society, particularly civil society.

    A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.

  3. 3.The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

    The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.

Synonyms: acculturation, education, sphere, culture, order, home

proper noun
  1. 1.Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World