globalisation

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From global +‎ -isation or globalise +‎ -ation. Popularized by German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School Theodore Levitt.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

globalisation (countable and uncountable, plural globalisations) (non-Oxford British English)

  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], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 September 2025:
      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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French

Etymology

    From globaliser +‎ -ation.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    globalisation f (plural globalisations)

    1. globalisation

    Further reading

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