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civic virtue
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌsɪv.ɪk ˈvɜː.tʃuː/ us /ˌsɪv.ɪk ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
a good quality that helps a country to work successfully:
Italy is a nation where voting remains an important civic virtue.
She was regarded in her own community as a model of civic virtue.
His book is a plea for the enduring values of civic virtue.
The school set up a little garden to help the children to learn civic virtues.
For centuries, the educated classes looked to Greece and Rome for their conception of civic virtue.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Virtue and moral good
altruism
angel
angelic
angelically
be as pure as the driven snowidiom
justifiably
justified
loftiness
lofty
magnanimity
rightness
saintly
self-forgetful
self-forgetfully
the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom
upstanding
virtuous
virtuously
white hat
wholesomely
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