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[siv-iks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; see civic, -ics
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civics (ˈsɪvɪks)
 
n
1.  the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
2.  (US), (Canadian) the study of government and its workings

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civics
"study of the rights and responsibilities of a citizen," 1886, originally Amer.Eng., from civic, by analogy with politics.
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