global village

American  

noun

1. the world, especially considered as the home of all nations and peoples living interdependently.

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global village British  

noun

1. the whole world considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being interdependent economically, socially, and politically

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global village Cultural  

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of global village

Term introduced by the book War and Peace in the Global Village (1968) by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore

Example Sentences

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global village

They must make a choice: help each other as a global village or repeat COVID-19 style global shuttering.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

We’re each assigned a spot in that global village, the homelands reflecting the international nature of the refugee crisis: Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia all get competing, squabbling enclaves.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023

“It’s a global village and everyone can switch on CNN,” Dr. Zuze added.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2021

"It's not about this global village of everyone being interconnected, but lots of smaller circles," Cool said of such online forums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2018

If the computer terminal and its operator are members of a global village, as are thousands of other computer users, might that not be considered a society?

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

Related Words

• computer network
• information technology
• web