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this incivility (is that a real word) is spreading
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  1. 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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