Etymology

anti-globalism

Today it means: A philosophy which rejects the current global economic and trade system because of the belief that it undermines the environment, labor rights, national sovereignty, and the interests of third world states. Full definition →

English globalism ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishglobe
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishglobal
  11. Englishglobalism
  12. English todayanti-globalism

From anti- + globalism.

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