Incivility is rude behaviour or rude remarks — not a swear as a joke with friends, but the kind of sharpness that makes shared life feel ugly: cutting comments, talking over people, small cruelties in a shop or a meeting.

Incivilityincivility is是 rude behaviour or rude remarks粗魯的行為或粗魯的話——not a swear as a joke with friends不是跟朋友開玩笑罵髒話，but而是 the kind of sharpness that makes shared life feel ugly那種讓共同生活變得難看的尖銳：cutting comments, talking over people, small cruelties in a shop or a meeting像是刻薄的評論、打斷別人說話、在店裡或會議裡的小小惡意。

It is a formal, slightly cold noun.

It is這是 a formal, slightly cold noun一個正式、有點冷淡的名詞。

Papers talk about “incivility in politics” when debate turns nasty. One unkind remark can be an incivility; a whole habit of rudeness is incivility too.

Papers talk about報紙會提到 “incivility in politics”「incivility in politics」（政治上的粗魯） when debate turns nasty當辯論變得難聽的時候。One unkind remark一句不客氣的話 can be an incivility可以算是一次incivility；a whole habit of rudeness整個粗魯的習慣 is incivility too也是incivility。

Though actually, it does not mean “not civilised” in the old “wild versus civilised” sense. It is closer to “not civil”: not behaving as a citizen among citizens, not showing the small respect daily life needs.

Though actually不過其實，it does not mean它的意思不是 “not civilised” in the old “wild versus civilised” sense舊時「野蠻對文明」意義下的「不文明」。It is closer to它比較接近 “not civil”「不civil」：not behaving as a citizen among citizens沒有像公民對待公民那樣行事，not showing the small respect daily life needs沒有表現出日常生活需要的那點小小尊重。

Younger people rarely say the word; they just call it rude.

Younger people年輕人 rarely say the word很少講這個字；they just call it rude他們就直接說rude（沒禮貌）。