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Rudeness that got a law degree and a Twitter account.
means Behavior that is rude or disrespectful, especially the small, corrosive breaches of courtesy that erode public or political life.
from Traces to Latin incivilitas, built from in- ('not') plus civilis ('relating to citizens, courteous'), the same root that gives us 'civil' and 'city.' To be 'civil' was originally about fitness for citizenship and shared public life — so 'incivility' literally names a failure of the social contract, not just bad manners.
- origin
- from Latin for not a citizen
- research finding
- spreads faster than a cold through offices
- paradox
- everyone notices it, nobody claims it
- online boost
- anonymity turns strangers into gladiators