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globalization

(also globalisation)
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Definition of globalization

noun

[mass noun]
  • the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale:fears about the increasing globalization of the world economy

Derivatives

globalize

verb

globalizer

noun

globalization in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of globalization in the US English dictionary
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