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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
Fidel Castro

Meaning of "Third World" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THIRD WORLD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THIRD WORLD

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Third World is a noun.
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WHAT DOES THIRD WORLD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Third World

Third World

The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO, or the Communist Bloc. This terminology provided a way of broadly categorizing the nations of the Earth into three groups based on social, political, cultural and economic divisions. The Third World was normally seen to include many countries with colonial pasts in Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Asia. It was also sometimes taken as synonymous with countries in the Non-Aligned Movement. In the so-called dependency theory of thinkers like Raul Prebisch, Walter Rodney, Theotonio dos Santos, and Andre Gunder Frank, the Third World has also been connected to the world economic division as "periphery" countries in the world system that is dominated by the "core" countries. Due to the complex history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed upon definition of the Third World. Some countries in the Communist Bloc, such as Cuba, were often regarded as "Third World".

Definition of Third World in the English dictionary

The definition of Third World in the dictionary is the less economically advanced countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America collectively, esp when viewed as underdeveloped and as neutral in the East-West alignment Also called: developing world.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THIRD WORLD

Third International
third man
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Third Market
third molar
Third Order
third party
third party, fire and theft
third person
third rail
third reading
Third Reich
Third Republic
third sector
third space
Third Way

WORDS THAT END LIKE THIRD WORLD

come into the world
First World
for all the world
for the world
Fourth World
Free World
give to the world
in the world
Industrial Workers of the World
Liberty Enlightening the World
Miss World
New World
Old World
out-of-this-world
Seven Wonders of the World
the Free World
the New World
The World
underworld
world

Synonyms and antonyms of Third World in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Third World» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THIRD WORLD

Find out the translation of Third World to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Third World from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Third World» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第三世界
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tercer mundo
570 millions of speakers

English

Third World
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तीसरी दुनिया
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العَالِمُ الثَّالِث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

третий мир
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Terceiro Mundo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তৃতীয় বিশ্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tiers-monde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dunia ketiga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dritte Welt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

第三世界
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제3세계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Donya Katelu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Thế giới Thứ ba
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூன்றாம் உலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तिसरे जग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üçüncü dünya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Terzo Mondo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Trzeci Świat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

країни третього світу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lumea a treia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Τρίτος Κόσμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

derde Wêreld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tredje världen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tredje verden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Third World

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THIRD WORLD»

The term «Third World» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.041 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THIRD WORLD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Third World

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10 QUOTES WITH «THIRD WORLD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Third World.
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Donna Brazile
We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.
2
Joe Bob Briggs
A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators.
3
Fidel Castro
More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
4
Buchi Emecheta
Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's nothing bad in it, but that does not make me a feminist writer. I hate that name. The tag is from the Western world - like we are called the Third World.
5
Buchi Emecheta
I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.
6
Isabelle Fuhrman
I knit for Caps for Good - a charity that gives hats to Third World babies - while I watch movies with friends.
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Alexander Haig
You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev - beating down of Jack Kennedy in Vienna, that President Kennedy believed that we had to join the battle for the Third World, and the next crisis that developed in that regards was Vietnam.
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Pauline Hanson
We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.
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Patricia Highsmith
Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
10
Tama Janowitz
On bad days, I think I'd like to be a plastic surgeon who goes to Third World countries and operates on children in villages with airlifts, and then I think, 'Yeah, right, I'm going to go back to undergraduate school and take all the biology I missed and then go to medical school.' No. No.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THIRD WORLD»

Discover the use of Third World in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Third World and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism
This book presents provocative analyses of the simultaneous oppressions of race, class, gender, and sexuality, as well as the role that imperialism plays in the productions of knowledge and of persons- a powerful collection.
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Ann Russo, Lourdes Torres, 1991
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Globalization and Third World Women: Exploitation, Coping ...
Adopting the notion of 'third world' as a political and geographical category, this volume analyzes marginalized women's experiences of globalization.
Ligaya Lindio-McGovern, Isidor Wallimann, 2009
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Development in the Third World: From Policy Failure to ...
A study of Third World economic development and the factors which have made development so elusive. The book discusses the relationship between development theory and policy, and the policy reforms necessary to spur development.
Kempe R. Hope, 1996
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Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the ...
" In a substantial new introduction, Escobar reviews debates on globalization and postdevelopment since the book's original publication in 1995 and argues that the concept of postdevelopment needs to be redefined to meet today's ...
Arturo Escobar, 2011
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Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political ...
Praise for the first edition: "... this masterful and concise volume overviews the range of approaches social scientists have applied to explain events in the Third World." —Journal of Developing Areas Understanding Third World Politics ...
Brian Clive Smith, 2003
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Women's Education in the Third World: Comparative Perspectives
Articles in this volume lay the foundation for further research by examining women's schooling from the novel perspective that the social and economic outcomes of women's education are shaped by gender-sex systems that subordinate women to ...
Gail Paradise Kelly, Carolyn M. Elliott, 1982
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Third World Politics: An Introduction
The Wisconsin edition is not for sale in the British Commonwealth (excluding Canada) or Japan.
Christopher S. Clapham, 1985
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The Violence of Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, ...
In this book, already a classic, Vandana shiva, examines the impact of the Green Revolution in the state of Punjab.
Vandana Shiva, 1991
9
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of ...
Examining aseries of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawnedaround the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davisdiscloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arroganceand natural incident ...
Mike Davis, 2002
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Communication for Development in the Third World: Theory and ...
This completely revised edition builds on the framework provided by the earlier text.
Srinivas R Melkote, H Leslie Steeves, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THIRD WORLD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Third World is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cuomo Announces Plan to Tear Down, Rebuild 'Third-World
A year after comparing New York's LaGuardia Airport to "some Third World Country," Vice President Joe Biden helped unveil an ambitious plan Monday to ... «NBC New York, Jul 15»
2
Pat Buchanan: Is Third-World America inevitable?
Between 80 and 90 percent of those coming are from Third World nations. On average, they have higher illegitimacy rates than native-born Americans, higher ... «The Union Leader, Jun 15»
3
INVASION USA
Between 80 and 90 percent of those coming are from Third World nations. On average, they have higher illegitimacy rates than native-born Americans, higher ... «WND.com, Jun 15»
4
Immigration Advocates Frightened By 99-Pound Blonde
Third World immigration advocates Frank Sharry, Ali Noorani and Marc Andreessen aren't shy about rushing to the press with pabulum quotes about how ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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Canadian researcher's invention helps fight anemia in the third world
The pots are known to leach levels of iron into the food prepared in them, but they're also expensive and impractical for people in Third World countries. «CityNews, May 15»
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Quebecers' teeth compared to those in Third World countries: experts
Quebecers have the least healthy teeth in Canada, say experts who call the situation "alarming" and comparable to some Third World countries. At the end of ... «Toronto Sun, Jan 15»
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If You Shouldn't Call It The Third World, What Should You Call It?
But that naming struggle was nothing compared with figuring out what to call the parts of the world we cover. Third World? Developing world? Global south? «NPR, Jan 15»
8
UK Cancer Survival Rates Below Third World
British patients are less likely to survive lung, liver and stomach cancer than those in some Third World countries, according to the most comprehensive ever ... «Sky News, Nov 14»
9
Abortions Rising: Detroit 'Like a Third World Country'
"We're seeing a picture that looks more like some third-world country than someplace in the United States," Susan Schooley, chairwoman of the Department of ... «Christian Broadcasting Network, May 14»
10
Mao struggles, still claims third world title
SAITAMA – Mao Asada captured her third world title with a satisfactory free ... In achieving it, she became the first Japanese to win the world title three times. «The Japan Times, Mar 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Third World [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/third-world>. May 2024 ».
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