"In the late 1700s and early 1800s, during the French Revolution, ""civilization"" was used in the singular, never in the plural, and meant the progress of humanity as a whole."
“Ɣor samdo n-awatay wa-n 1700 əd ɣor santo n-awatay wa-n 1800 azzaman wq-d ənkarᾰn ikufar (faransetᾰn), awa “”oharnᾰt timəttawen”” ti ᾰsnaflᾰynen, eqqal əmmək ən iba-n-tənmənnak jer awadəm iyyan əd iyyan waden jer ᾰddinᾰt əd ᾰddinᾰt.”