globalism

noun

glob·​al·​ism ˈglō-bə-ˌli-zəm How to pronounce globalism (audio)
: a national policy of treating the whole world as a proper sphere for political influence compare imperialism, internationalism
globalist noun

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Making No Compromise: Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, and the Little Review by Holly A. Baggett Free trade once aligned with America’s economic and security interests, but in recent years experts have suggested pulling back from globalism and rebuilding the domestic economy. The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024 Trump tells an American public tired of foreign wars that the price of globalism is too high and takes aim at the sinews that bind the U.S. to its allies. Cyrus Veeser / Made By History, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024 Today, random image content is indiscriminately reappropriated in residential design, merging idioms and mixing metaphors, resulting in a confused new architectural globalism. Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Looking back at the 1920s should remind us that globalism is not the default position of the American people, but also warn us against stepping away from our global allies. Cyrus Veeser / Made By History, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for globalism 

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of globalism was in 1943

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“Globalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globalism. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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