mundialization

English

WOTD – 21 January 2017

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Etymology

FromFrenchmondialisation,frommondial(“global,worldwide”)+-isation;or fromLatinmundus(“theworld”)+‎-ization,by analogy with the French word.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˌmɒn.dɪ.ə.lʌɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˌmɑn.di.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/,/-ˌlaɪ-/
• Hyphenation:mun‧di‧al‧i‧za‧tion

Noun

mundialization(uncountable)

1. Anideologybased on thesolidarityanddiversityofglobalcitizensand the creation ofsupranationallaws,intended as a response todehumanizingaspects ofglobalization.
   • 1978,Israel W. Charny,editor,Strategies Against Violence: Design for Nonviolent Change,Boulder, Colo.:Westview Press,→ISBN,page315:

     Themundializationmovement 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.

   • 1988,Peace Research Reviews,volume11,Oakville, Ont.: Canadian Peace Research Institute,→ISSN,→OCLC,page19:

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

   • 2003,Juan Poblete,Critical Latin American and Latino Studies(Cultural Studies of the Americas;12), Minneapolis, Minn., London:University of Minnesota Press,→ISBN,page59:

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

Alternative forms

• mondialisation,mondialization

Further reading

• Global citizenshipon Wikipedia.Wikipedia