First World

noun

the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.

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Compare Second World, Third World, Fourth World.

Origin:
1970–75

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"If we call the world of "things"Mof physical objects—the first world, and the world of subjective experiences (such as thought processes) the second world, we may call the world of statements in themselves the third world."

-Karl Popper