"Civil society" refers to . A. gatherings of very polite people
B. government branches and agencies
C. organizations and groups that are not part of the government
D. none of these are the definition of "civil society"

C. Organizations and groups that are not part of the government

Explanation:

there are no options provided but you can choose among the following gender-neutral pronouns: zir, hir, eir, vis, tem, eir.

in the normal course of maintaining a pronoun-antecedent agreement, we could have used the words his or her but since we are also required to use gender-neutral language, we need to replace it with its equivalent gender-neutral pronoun.

the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.

the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions.