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globalization

[ gloh-buh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world:
the globalization of manufacturing.
worldwide integration and development:
Globablization has resulted in the loss of some individual cultural identities.

globalization

/ ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən /

the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications
the emergence since the 1980s of a single world market dominated by multinational companies, leading to a diminishing capacity for national governments to control their economies
the process by which a company, etc, expands to operate internationally

First recorded in 1925–30; global ( def ) + -ization ( def )

Finally, as with other medications, the looming question is that of globalization.

Young said he views this historic summit meeting in Washington as “the beginning of a new age of globalization.”

There are many explanations for this decline, including the impact of offshoring, globalization and technology.

Even so, the process of globalization began thousands of years ago, thanks especially to the work of enterprising mariners.

People have been paying lip-service to globalization and the blahblahblah.

If we meet all these challenges, America can lead the world toward peace and freedom in an era of globalization.

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