incivility
in·civil·ity f6 [incivility incivilities] BrE [ˌɪnsəˈvɪləti] NAmE [ˌɪnsəˈvɪləti] noun uncountable, countable (pl. in·civil·ities)(formal)
rude behaviour; rude remarks
see also ↑uncivil
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from French incivilité or late Latin incivilitas, from Latin incivilis, from in- ‘not’ + civilis ‘of a citizen’, from civis ‘citizen’.
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