GLOBALIZATION Definition & Meaning

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globalization

[ gloh-buh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world:
the globalization of manufacturing.
worldwide integration and development:
Globablization has resulted in the loss of some individual cultural identities.

globalization

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noun

the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications
the emergence since the 1980s of a single world market dominated by multinational companies, leading to a diminishing capacity for national governments to control their economies
the process by which a company, etc, expands to operate internationally

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Origin of globalization¹

First recorded in 1925–30; global ( def ) + -ization ( def )

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The actor, who has turned to conspiracy theories against “globalization” to wave off the allegations in the past, will face a first hearing next month, officials say.

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“Over the past three decades, we traded U.S. jobs and GDP growth for higher corporate profits and lower consumer prices,” said O’Rourke, who added that it won’t be easy “to unwind three decades of globalization.”

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The order, that is, of a world before liberal democracy, before globalization, before the collapse of empires.

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What we are seeing is the backlash to globalization.

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Many Democrats embraced identity politics and Republicans fell in line with Donald Trump’s reinvention of the party with nationalist populism that spoke to working-class grievances against globalization and immigration.

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