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

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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

People realizing that we’re all part of a global village, that we can unite, and sport is a great way of doing that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

But the outbreak should remind everyone that when it comes to combating disease, all roads run through the same global village.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2021

This is what television has become since its initial adoption 40 years ago…The world is becoming a global village, as educator Marshall McLuhan predicted it would.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

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