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globalisation

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˌɡloʊ.bə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
  • Australian: /ˌɡləʉ.bə.lɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of becoming a more interconnected world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of the world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models, according to the World System Theory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

growth to a global or worldwide scale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the globalization of the communication industry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: globalization

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: economic process

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: globalisering — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Albanian: globalizim — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Arabic: عَوْلَمَة (ʕawlama) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Armenian: գլոբալիզացիա (globalizacʻia) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Armenian: համաշխարհայնացում (hamašxarhaynacʻum) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Armenian: գլոբալացում (globalacʻum) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Azerbaijani: qloballaşma — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Belarusian: глабаліза́цыя (hlabalizácyja) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Bengali: বিশ্বায়ন (biśśaẏon) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Bulgarian: глобализа́ция (globalizácija) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Burmese: ဂလိုဘယ်လိုက်ဇေးရှင်း (ga.luibhailuikje:hrang:) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Catalan: globalització — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全球化 (quánqiúhuà) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Czech: globalizace — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Danish: globalisering — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Dutch: globalisering — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Dutch: mondialisering — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Esperanto: tutmondiĝo — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Estonian: üleilmastumine — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Estonian: globaliseerumine — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Finnish: globalisaatio — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Finnish: maailmanlaajuistuminen — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • French: mondialisation — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Galician: globalización — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Georgian: გლობალიზაცია (globalizacia) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • German: Globalisierung — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Greek: παγκοσμιοποίηση (pagkosmiopoíisi) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Hebrew: גְּלוֹבָּלִיזָצְיָה (globalizátsya) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Hindi: हलिमिकरण (halimikaraṇ) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Hindi: वैश्वीकरण (vaiśvīkaraṇ) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Hindi: भूमंडलीकरण (bhūmaṇḍalīkaraṇ) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Hungarian: globalizáció — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Indonesian: globalisasi — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Italian: globalizzazione — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Japanese: グローバリゼーション (gurōbarizēshon) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Japanese: グローバライゼーション (gurōbaraizēshon) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Japanese: グローバル化 (gurōbaruka) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Japanese: 世界化 — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Japanese: 地球規模化 (chikyūkiboka) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Kazakh: жаһандану (jahandanu) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Kazakh: ғаламдану (ğalamdanu) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Korean: 세계화 (segyehwa) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Korean: 글로벌화 (geullobeolhwa) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Kyrgyz: глобалдашуу (globaldaşuu) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Kyrgyz: ааламдашуу (aalamdaşuu) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Kyrgyz: глобализация (globalizatsiya) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Lao: ໂລກາພິວັດ (lō kā phi wat) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Latin: globalizatio — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Latvian: globalizācija — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Lithuanian: globalizacija — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Macedonian: глобализација (globalizacija) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Malay: globalisasi — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Malayalam: ആഗോളവത്കരണം (āgōḷavatkaraṇaṁ) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Marathi: जागतिकीकरण (jāgtikīkraṇ) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Mongolian: даяарчлал (dajaarčlal) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Norwegian Bokmål: globalisering — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: globalisering — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Persian: جهانیسازی (jahâni-sâzi) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Persian: جهانیشدن (jahâni-šodan) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Polish: globalizacja — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Portuguese: globalização — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Punjabi: ਸੰਸਾਰੀਕਰਨ (sansārīkran) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Romanian: globalizare — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Russian: глобализа́ция (globalizácija) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Serbo-Croatian: глобализа́ција — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Serbo-Croatian: globalizácija — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Slovak: globalizácia — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Slovene: globalizacija — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Spanish: globalización — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Spanish: mundialización — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Swahili: utandawazi — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Swedish: globalisering — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Tagalog: globalisasyon — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Tajik: ҷаҳонишудан (jahonišudan) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Tajik: глобализатсия (globalizatsiya) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Tamil: உலகமயமாதல் (ulakamayamātal) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Tatar: глобальләшү (globalʹläşü) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Thai: โลกาภิวัตน์ (loo-gaa-pí-wát) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Turkish: küreselleşme — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Turkish: globalleşme — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Ukrainian: глобаліза́ція (hlobalizácija) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Uyghur: يەرشارىلىشىش (yersharilishish) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Uzbek: globalizatsiya — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Uzbek: globallashuv — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Vietnamese: toàn cầu hóa — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Welsh: globaleiddiad — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Yiddish: גלאָבאַליזאַציע (globalizatsye) — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Yoruba: ètò sayé dọ̀kan — process of becoming a more interconnected world
  • Czech: globalizace — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Dutch: globalisering — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Esperanto: tutmondiĝo — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Estonian: üleilmastumine — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Estonian: globaliseerumine — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Finnish: globalisaatio — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Finnish: maailmanlaajuistuminen — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • French: mondialisation — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Galician: globalización — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Georgian: გლობალიზაცია (globalizacia) — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • German: Globalisierung — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Latin: globalizatio — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Macedonian: глобализа́ција (globalizácija) — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Portuguese: globalização — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Russian: глобализа́ция (globalizácija) — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Spanish: globalización — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
  • Spanish: mundialización — process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Real reading context

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