globalization

UK/ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌɡloʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,147 of 15,258leans written

Globalization is the knitting of the world into one market and culture. The effects of globalization, resist globalization, globalization and trade.

The word became common in the 1980s, though the process is far older and the first great wave ended in 1914. Britain spells it globalisation, and arguments about it are really arguments about who gains.

Definitions of globalization

1nounglobalizationThe knitting of the world into one market and culture.B2+
“Thanks to globalization, you can buy the same trainers in Tokyo and Toronto.”

globalization is a process.

Also accepted in games: globalisation

Where it comes from

From globalize + -ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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globalization in the wild

Academic literature commonly divides globalization into three major areas: economic globalization, cultural globalization, and political globalization.
Globalization
Democratic globalization is a social movement towards an institutional system of global democracy.
Democratic globalization
Some proponents in the anti-globalization movement do not necessarily disagree with this position.
Democratic globalization
Archaic globalization is comparable to present day globalization on a much smaller scale.
Archaic globalization
The historical origins of globalization (also known as historical globalization) are the subject of ongoing debate.
History of globalization

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