Globalization

//ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    American and Oxford British English standard spelling of globalisation. countable, uncountable

    "He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders."

  2. 2
    growth to a global or worldwide scale wordnet

Synonyms

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globalisation

Example

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"Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam."

Etymology

From globalize + -ation.

Related phrases

alter-globalizationanti-globalizationglobal warminghuman ecology

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