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this incivility (is that a real word) is spreading

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Tony said:

Yes that is a real word:
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.

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