McWorld

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noun

The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization.

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Meanings

nounMcWorld (plural McWorlds)

plural McWorlds

  1. The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization.
  2. 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

  1. EnglishMc-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  4. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  7. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  9. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  11. Old Englishweorold
  12. Middle Englishworld
  13. Englishworld
  14. EnglishMcWorld

From Mc- + world.

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Cite this entry
APA

McWorld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McWorld

MLA

“McWorld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McWorld. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McWorld,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McWorld.

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