civic
Relating to citizenship
Civic relates to cities, citizenship, or community affairs.
A civic center hosts public events.
Civic duty includes voting and jury service.
Civic engagement means participating in community life.
The word emphasizes collective responsibility and public-spiritedness rather than private concerns: She devoted her retirement to civic causes.
Official government regulation
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- public worksGovernment-built community structures
- mayorElected head of municipality
council · borough · township · charter · administration · municipality · clerk · treasurer
Formally registering a choice
- juryLegal decision-making body
- taxesMandatory government payments
- serviceAid or maintenance
- responsibilityState of being answerable
participation · allegiance · conscription · volunteering · obedience · compliance · obligation · accountability
Ballot-casting citizen
- residentOne who inhabits
- constituentMember of electoral district
- electorateEligible voting body
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
immigrant · demographics · denizen · inhabitant · compatriot · census · registration · rights
Unpaid community assistance
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- solidarityUnity among allies
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
activism · philanthropy · fellowship · partnership · unity · association · collective · neighborhood
ordinance
Official government regulation
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- public worksGovernment-built community structures
mayor · council · borough · township · charter · administration · municipality · clerk · treasurer · bylaw
voting
Formally registering a choice
responsibility · participation · allegiance · conscription · volunteering · obedience · compliance · obligation · accountability · stewardship
voter
Ballot-casting citizen
- residentOne who inhabits
- constituentMember of electoral district
- electorateEligible voting body
naturalization · immigrant · demographics · denizen · inhabitant · compatriot · census · registration · rights · franchise
volunteerism
Unpaid community assistance
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- solidarityUnity among allies
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
nonprofit · activism · philanthropy · fellowship · partnership · unity · association · collective · neighborhood · coalition
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
landmarks · history · traditions · celebrations · identity · emblem · flag · anthem · symbols · pageantry
- Palindromesmom, dad, pop, noon, level
- organization typesnonprofit, for-profit, corporate, governmental, private
- zoningzoning codes, zoning ordinance, zoning code, zoning ordinances, zoning restrictions
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- medieval townmarket square, town square, town wall, town walls, town gate
civicprivate
Restricted to certain parties
personal · individual · domestic · exclusive · corporate
civicuncivilized
Lacking social graces
barbaric · lawless · anarchic · savage · antisocial
civicrural
Of the countryside
country · uncivilized · pastoral · provincial · agrarian
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- civil warsDomestic armed conflicts
- civil rights activistsChampions of legal equality
- civil codeCodified private law system
- civil servantGovernment administration employee
civil, civilian, civilized, civilization, uncivilized, uncivil, civility, civics, civilize