mundialization

mun·di·al·i·za·tion
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noun

An ideology based on the solidarity and diversity of global citizens and the creation of supranational laws, intended as a response to dehumanizing aspects of globalization.

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Meanings

nounmundialization (uncountable)

alternative mondialisation · alternative mondialization

  1. uncountableAn ideology based on the solidarity and diversity of global citizens and the creation of supranational laws, intended as a response to dehumanizing aspects of globalization.

    Renato Ortiz made the distinction between globalization and "mundialization" (that is, between the global and the worldly).

    2003, Juan Poblete, Critical Latin American and Latino Studies (Cultural Studies of the Americas; 12), Minneapolis, Minn.; London: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 59
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    The mundialization movement was born in Hiroshima, in 1945, when the surviving citizens declared their resolve to work for a world federation that would make impossible any repetition of the tragedy that their city had undergone.

    1978, Israel W. Charny, editor, Strategies Against Violence: Design for Nonviolent Change, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, →ISBN, page 315

    Mundialization is a psychological mechanism toward peace by which the "in-group" is enlarged until it encompasses all humans.

    1988, Peace Research Reviews, volume 11, Oakville, Ont.: Canadian Peace Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19

Origin

  1. Latinmundus“the world”
  2. Frenchmondialisation
  3. Englishmundialization

From French mondialisation, from mondial (“global, worldwide”) + -isation; or from Latin mundus (“the world”) + -ization, by analogy with the French word.

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