Meanings
nounglobalisation (countable and uncountable, plural globalisations)
plural globalisations · alternative British English Oxford US globalization
- countableuncountableThe process of becoming a more interconnected world.
- countableuncountableThe process of the world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models, according to the World System Theory.
Sure, globalization as flows of trade will continue. But globalization as the driving logic of world affairs — that seems to be over.
2022 April 8, David Brooks, “Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From global + -isation or globalise + -ation. Popularized by German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School Theodore Levitt.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans globalisering
- globaliseringprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Arabic عَوْلَمَة
- عَوْلَمَة (ʕawlama)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Bengali বিশ্বায়ন
- বিশ্বায়ন (biśśaẏon)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Bulgarian глобализа́ция
- глобализа́ция (globalizácija)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Catalan globalització
- globalitzacióprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Chinese Mandarin 全球化
- 全球化 (quánqiúhuà)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Czech globalizace, globalizace
- globalizaceprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globalizaceprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Danish globalisering
- globaliseringprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Dutch globalisering, mondialisering
- globaliseringprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- mondialiseringprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globaliseringprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Esperanto tutmondiĝo, tutmondiĝo
- tutmondiĝoprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- tutmondiĝoprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Estonian üleilmastumine, globaliseerumine
- üleilmastumineprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globaliseerumineprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- üleilmastumineprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
- globaliseerumineprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Finnish globalisaatio, maailmanlaajuistuminen
- globalisaatioprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- maailmanlaajuistuminenprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globalisaatioprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
- maailmanlaajuistuminenprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
French mondialisation, mondialisation
- mondialisationprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- mondialisationprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
German Globalisierung, Globalisierung
- Globalisierungprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- Globalisierungprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Greek παγκοσμιοποίηση
- παγκοσμιοποίηση (pagkosmiopoíisi)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Hebrew גְּלוֹבָּלִיזָצְיָה
- גְּלוֹבָּלִיזָצְיָה (globalizátsya)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Hindi हलिमिकरण, वैश्वीकरण
- हलिमिकरण (halimikaraṇ)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- वैश्वीकरण (vaiśvīkaraṇ)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- भूमंडलीकरण (bhūmaṇḍalīkaraṇ)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Hungarian globalizáció
- globalizációprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Indonesian globalisasi
- globalisasiprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Italian globalizzazione
- globalizzazioneprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Japanese グローバリゼーション, グローバライゼーション
- グローバリゼーション (gurōbarizēshon)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- グローバライゼーション (gurōbaraizēshon)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- グローバル化 (gurōbaruka)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- 世界化process of becoming a more interconnected world
- 地球規模化 (chikyūkiboka)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Korean 세계화, 글로벌화
- 세계화 (segyehwa)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- 글로벌화 (geullobeolhwa)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Latin globalizatio, globalizatio
- globalizatioprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globalizatioprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Latvian globalizācija
- globalizācijaprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Lithuanian globalizacija
- globalizacijaprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Malay globalisasi
- globalisasiprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Norwegian Bokmål globalisering
- globaliseringprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Persian جهانیسازی, جهانیشدن
- جهانیسازی (jahâni-sâzi)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- جهانیشدن (jahâni-šodan)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Polish globalizacja
- globalizacjaprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Portuguese globalização, globalização
- globalizaçãoprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globalizaçãoprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Punjabi ਸੰਸਾਰੀਕਰਨ
- ਸੰਸਾਰੀਕਰਨ (sansārīkran)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Romanian globalizare
- globalizareprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Russian глобализа́ция, глобализа́ция
- глобализа́ция (globalizácija)process of becoming a more interconnected world
- глобализа́ция (globalizácija)process of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Slovak globalizácia
- globalizáciaprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Spanish globalización, mundialización
- globalizaciónprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- mundializaciónprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globalizaciónprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
- mundializaciónprocess of world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models
Swahili utandawazi
- utandawaziprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Swedish globalisering
- globaliseringprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Tagalog globalisasyon
- globalisasyonprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Tamil உலகமயமாதல்
- உலகமயமாதல் (ulakamayamātal)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Thai โลกาภิวัตน์
- โลกาภิวัตน์ (loo-gaa-pí-wát)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Turkish küreselleşme, globalleşme
- küreselleşmeprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
- globalleşmeprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Ukrainian глобаліза́ція
- глобаліза́ція (hlobalizácija)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Vietnamese toàn cầu hóa
- toàn cầu hóaprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Welsh globaleiddiad
- globaleiddiadprocess of becoming a more interconnected world
Yiddish גלאָבאַליזאַציע
- גלאָבאַליזאַציע (globalizatsye)process of becoming a more interconnected world
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with globalisation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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APA
globalisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globalisation
MLA
“globalisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globalisation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “globalisation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globalisation.
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