Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
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- the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world: the globalization of manufacturing.
- worldwide integration and development: Globablization has resulted in the loss of some individual cultural identities.
noun
- the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications
- 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
- the process by which a company, etc, expands to operate internationally
chiefly British English spelling of globalization; for spelling, see -ize.
1961, from globalize, which is attested at least from 1953 in various senses; the main modern one, with reference to global economic systems, emerged 1959.