new world order

[ noo wurld awr-der, nyoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a profound change in the organization of social systems or global political power, such as the improved cooperation between formerly hostile countries after the end of the Cold War.
New World Or·der,
1. a hypothetical, secretly developing, global reorganization of social, political, and economic systems in the direction of totalitarianism, as posited by a conspiracy theory.
2. the conspiracy theory that posits this reorganization.

First recorded in 1845–50

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