global village

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Definition of global village in English English dictionary

The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web

McLuhan believes that the world is rapidly becoming a global village, in which mankind communicates in a supermodern version of the way tribal societies were once related.

nations of the world, citizens of the world, world as compared to a small village

People sometimes refer to the world as a global village when they want to emphasize that all the different parts of the world form one community linked together by electronic communications, especially the Internet. Now that we are all part of the global village, everyone becomes a neighbour. The entire world and its inhabitants: "The global village has come to understand that no society that seeks respect can support or tolerate... savagery" (Hugh Sidey). a name for the world, used to emphasize the degree to which everything is connected and each part depends on the others

Hyphenation

glob·al vil·lage

Turkish pronunciation

glōbıl vîlıc

Pronunciation

/ˈglōbəl ˈvələʤ/ /ˈɡloʊbəl ˈvɪləʤ/

Etymology

() Coined by Marshall McLuhan circa 1964.