[f. CIVIC + -ISM.] Civic system or organization; the principle that all citizens have equal rights and duties.
1874. Mivart, in Contemp. Rev., XXIII. 599. The spirit of freedom, the assertion of natural right, and revolt against the domination of Man (merely as Man) over his fellow,—CIVICISM. Ibid., XXIV. 373. The partially allied, partially conflicting elements of Paganism and Civicism.
