Meanings
plural McWorlds
- The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization.
- broadlyThe effects of international McDonaldization of services and commercialization of goods and services as an element of globalization as a whole.
Pret a Manger, the veddy British chain, has gained a foothold in our McWorld of burgers and fries, where you can fun-size this, combo that and, let’s face it, sort of expect sullen service.
2011 August 6, Stephanie Clifford, “Would You Like a Smile With That?”, in The New York Times
Origin
- EnglishMc-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
- Proto-Germanic*weraz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
- Proto-Germanic*alaną
- Proto-Germanic*aldiz
- Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
- Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
- Old Englishweorold
- Middle Englishworld
- Englishworld
- EnglishMcWorld
Cite this entry
McWorld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McWorld
“McWorld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McWorld. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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