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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
    • (file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɡloʊ.bə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɡləʉ.bə.lɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: glo‧ba‧li‧sa‧tion

Noun edit

globalisation (countable and uncountable, plural globalisations)

  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[1], →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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From globaliser +‎ -ation.

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globalisation f (plural globalisations)

  1. globalisation

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