Meanings
alternative deglobalisation
- uncountableThe process of diminishing interdependence and integration between the economies of nations.
Signs of a new era of deglobalisation are hard to spot in Taiwan, where the economy grew by an astonishing 13 per cent in the last quarter.
2026 September 5, James Crabtree, “Trade that can’t be contained”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 92 more examples
“We have entered the age of deglobalisation, where global supply chains are replaced by regional ones,” said Liu Meng-chun, an expert on the Chinese economy and cross-Strait economic relations at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, a government think-tank in Tapei.
2023 October 28, Kathrin Hille, quoting Liu Meng-chun, “China Foxconn crackdown calls Gou’s bluff”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12The negative impact has been partly masked by a run of other challenges: the coronavirus pandemic; the Ukraine war energy crisis; Donald Trump’s deglobalisation drive; and Nissan’s leadership chaos and 20,000 global job cuts.
2026 June 20, “Boats, bankers and borders: five symbols that sum up Brexit a decade on”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 去全球化
- 去全球化 (qùquánqiúhuà)The process of deglobalizing economies
French démondialisation
- démondialisationThe process of deglobalizing economies
German Deglobalisierung
- DeglobalisierungThe process of deglobalizing economies
Italian deglobalizzazione
- deglobalizzazioneThe process of deglobalizing economies
Japanese ディグローバリゼーション
- ディグローバリゼーション (digurōbarizēshon)The process of deglobalizing economies
Korean 탈세계화
- 탈세계화 (talsegyehwa)The process of deglobalizing economies
Portuguese desglobalização
- desglobalizaçãoThe process of deglobalizing economies
Romanian deglobalizare
- deglobalizareThe process of deglobalizing economies
Russian деглобализация
- деглобализация (deglobalizacija)The process of deglobalizing economies
Spanish desglobalización
- desglobalizaciónThe process of deglobalizing economies
Vietnamese phi toàn cầu hoá
- phi toàn cầu hoáThe process of deglobalizing economies
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deglobalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglobalization
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