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globalization
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glob·al·ize  (glb-lz)
tr.v. glob·al·ized, glob·al·iz·ing, glob·al·iz·es
To make global or worldwide in scope or application.
global·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.
global·izer n.
globalization, globalisation [ˌgləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən]
n
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications
2. (Business / Commerce) the emergence since the 1980s of a single world market dominated by multinational companies, leading to a diminishing capacity for national governments to control their economies
3. (Business / Commerce) the process by which a company, etc., expands to operate internationally
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.globalizationglobalization - growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"
globalisation
economic process - any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth
Translations
globalization [ˌgləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən] N → globalización f
globalization [ˌgləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən] globalisation (British) n [industry] → mondialisation f
economic globalization → la mondialisation économique
globalization
n → Globalisierung f
globalization → عَوْلَمَة globalizace globalisering Globalisierung παγκοσμιοποίηση globalización globalisaatio mondialisation globalizacija globalizzazione グローバル化 세계화 globalisatie globalisering globalizacja globalização глобализация globalisering การกระจายไปทั่วโลก küreselleşme toàn cầu hóa 全球化


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Most recently, the globalizations of economies and work prompted a growing instability in people's occupational and personal life.
Career theory from an international perspective by Lenz, Janet / Career Development Quarterly
If contemporary globalizations erase markers of race, as immigration over time and in the context of schooling and youth culture once effectively erased markers of ethnicity, then in the future the United States can once again expect to be at the forefront of a new kind of world identity just as it once created a trans-European identity.
Children in global migrations by Fass, Paula S. / Journal of Social History
There are in fact multiple globalizations afoot today--a morass of circulating people, capital, commodities, and ideas--resulting in a process far more complicated than the standard account of interconnected markets and technical homogenization.
Is continued globalization of the world economy inevitable? by The International Economy
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