globalization
Saygloh-buh-ly-ZAY-shuhnUS/ˌɡloʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/AUS/ˌɡləʉ.bə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/
UK spellingglobalisation
- 1The way the whole world is becoming more and more connected.
Because of globalization, you can buy fruit from faraway countries in almost any supermarket.
The internet has made globalization move much faster.
Similarinternationalization
- 2In one theory about the world, the way capitalism spreads until it controls the world's economy.
Some thinkers say globalization lets rich countries control the businesses of poor ones.
After many years of globalization, almost every country's economy now follows capitalist rules.
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Origin
From globalize + -ation.