First World

noun

1. the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of First World¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

“We live in a mobile-first and cloud-first world,” Nadella wrote in a memo on July 10.

From The Daily Beast

In a nationwide broadcast, Correa bitterly complained of first-world indifference.

From The Daily Beast

Its affably glib opening lines set the tone while acknowledging the First-World-problems aspect to the text.

From The Daily Beast

Brazil is transforming itself, from third-world to first-world.

From The Daily Beast

Dom Phillips reports on the bloodbath—and how Brazil imported a first-world problem.

From The Daily Beast