mundialization

English

WOTD – 21 January 2017

The planet Earth as seen from space

Etymology

From French mondialisation, from mondial (“global, worldwide”) + -isation; or from Latin mundus (“the world”) +‎ -ization, by analogy with the French word.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒn.dɪ.ə.lʌɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑn.di.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, /-ˌlaɪ-/
• Hyphenation: mun‧di‧al‧i‧za‧tion

Noun

mundialization (uncountable)

1. An ideology based on the solidarity and diversity of global citizens and the creation of supranational laws, intended as a response to dehumanizing aspects of globalization.
   • 1978, Israel W. Charny, editor, Strategies Against Violence: Design for Nonviolent Change, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, →ISBN, page 315:

     The mundialization movement was born in Hiroshima, in 1945, when the surviving citizens declared their resolve to work for a world federation that would make impossible any repetition of the tragedy that their city had undergone.

   • 1988, Peace Research Reviews, volume 11, Oakville, Ont.: Canadian Peace Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:

     Mundialization is a psychological mechanism toward peace by which the "in-group" is enlarged until it encompasses all humans.

   • 2003, Juan Poblete, Critical Latin American and Latino Studies (Cultural Studies of the Americas; 12), Minneapolis, Minn., London: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 59:

     Renato Ortiz made the distinction between globalization and "mundialization" (that is, between the global and the worldly).

Alternative forms

• mondialisation, mondialization

Further reading

• Global citizenship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia