anti-globalization

noun

an·​ti-glob·​al·​i·​za·​tion ˌan-tē-ˌglō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce anti-globalization (audio)
ˌan-tī-
: opposition to globalization
… while the forces of anti-globalization demonstrated in Seattle during meetings of the World Trade Organization …Brad Stone
anti-globalization adjective
anti-globalization protesters
the anti-globalization movement

Examples of anti-globalization in a Sentence

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Displaced workers and economically insecure populations are gravitating toward populist movements, which promise protectionism, anti-globalization policies, and curbs on immigration. Amir Husain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 In 2001, after a major anti-globalization protest in Gothenburg was violently put down by the police, activists formed online communities. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 To be fair to Trump and other anti-globalization zealots, amid all their mis-information and bluster is a kernel of truth. N. Gregory Mankiw, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018 No electorally viable movement in Spain espouses a nativist, xenophobic, or anti-globalization platform. Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2017 There's also a lingering wariness due to the legacy of the Zapatista anti-globalization uprising that paralyzed the Mexican government in 1994, for which the region has become synonymous. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-globalization was in 1995

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“Anti-globalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-globalization. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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