Ring panguntat masa warsa 1700-an miwah 1800-an, salami Revolusi Prancis, "panglimbak kawagedan manusané"  punika kaanggén ring sajeroning wangun sané  nunggal, nénten naanin antuk wangunan sané  akéh, miwah panglimbak kahuripan manusané  sané  jangkep.
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.