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civilization collapse: a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"; the social process whereby societies achieve civilization

complex collapse: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"; (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior; a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated; complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

acculturation collapse: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure; all the knowledge and values shared by a society

fatherly collapse: showing the affection of a father; like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective

ancestral collapse: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"; of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

fixation collapse: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body; the activity of fastening something firmly in position

maternal collapse: characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers; relating to or derived from one's mother; "maternal genes"

paternal collapse: characteristic of a father; belonging to or inherited from one's father; "spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits"

mores collapse: (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

ancestor collapse: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

parental collapse: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"; designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced

parent collapse: a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

arrested development collapse: an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

spawn collapse: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs; lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

ethos collapse: (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

catalyst collapse: something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"; (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

tangled collapse: in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

instigator collapse: a person who initiates a course of action; someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel"

multinational collapse: involving or operating in several nations or nationalities; "multinational corporations"; "transnational terrorist networks"

multiracial collapse: made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races; "a multiracial society"; "multiracial government"

entirety collapse: the state of being total and complete; "he read the article in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the destruction"

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