global village
noun
the world, especially considered as the home of all nations and peoples living interdependently.
Origin of global village
term introduced by the book
War and Peace in the Global Village (1968) by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
Words nearby global village
global positioning system,
global product,
global rule,
global search,
global tectonics,
global village,
global warming,
globalism,
globalization,
globalize,
globate
British Dictionary definitions for global village
global village
noun
the whole world considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being interdependent economically, socially, and politically
Word Origin for global village
C20: coined by Marshall
McLuhan
Cultural definitions for global village
global village
A phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan to describe the world that has been “shrunk” by modern advances in communications. McLuhan likened the vast network of communications systems to one extended central nervous system, ultimately linking everyone in the world.