civilizational

• civilisational (chiefly UK)

From civilization +‎ -al.

civilizational (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or arising from civilization

   There are various civilizational factors at work.

   • 2024 March 22, The [Christian Science] Monitor's Editorial Board, “Victories against Russia – outside Ukraine”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 April 2024:

     From the Baltics to Central Asia, former Soviet states are seen by President Vladimir Putin as part of “the Russian world,” with supposedly a distinct civilizational identity that justifies Moscow’s meddling.

   • 2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 March 2025:

     “We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.

   • 2025 December 8, Ned Temko, “Europe’s challenge: Curb migration while preserving liberal identity”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎^[3], archived from the original on 18 December 2025:

     U.S. President Donald Trump, whose recent National Security Strategy warned longtime European allies that they risked “civilizational erasure,” regards the centuries-old legacy of Christian Europeans as imperiled by a series of threats.