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globalisation

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From global + -isation or globalise + -ation. Popularized by German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School Theodore Levitt.

Pronunciation

Noun

globalisation (countable and uncountable, plural globalisations) (non-Oxford British English)

  1. The process of becoming a more interconnected world.
  2. The process of the world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models, according to the World System Theory.
    • 2022 April 8, David Brooks, “Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      Sure, globalization as flows of trade will continue. But globalization as the driving logic of world affairs — that seems to be over.

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French

Etymology

From globaliser + -ation.

Pronunciation

Noun

globalisation f (plural globalisations)

  1. globalisation

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