civilization: specif., the highly systematized social organization of Hohenzollern or Nazi Germany: now usually ironic in application, with reference to chauvinism, militarism, etc.
Origin:
Ger, lit., culture
See Kultur in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Culture; civilization.
German culture and civilization as idealized by the exponents of German imperialism during the Hohenzollern and Nazi regimes.
Origin:
Origin: German
Origin: , from Latin cultūra, cultivation, care; see culture