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globalism

 
 
/ˈɡləʊbəlɪzəm/ noun [U]

Definition

the idea that events in one country cannot be separated from those in another, and that a government should consider the effects of its actions on the rest of the world: There had been hopes that the euro would lead to a golden age of economic globalism.
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(Definition of globalism noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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