new world order
Americannoun
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a profound change in the organization of social systems or global political power, such as the improved cooperation between formerly hostile countries after the end of the Cold War.
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New World Order,
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a hypothetical, secretly developing, global reorganization of social, political, and economic systems in the direction of totalitarianism, as posited by a conspiracy theory.
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the conspiracy theory that posits this reorganization.
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Etymology
Origin of new world order
First recorded in 1845–50
Example Sentences
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The Boks duly restored rugby's new world order after the break.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
An automation revolution may be coming, but some experts think humans will still play a vital role in that new world order.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
A new world order might be so hard to imagine that investors just ignore it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Earlier in his three-day visit, he had said that the Canada-China partnership sets the two countries up for a "new world order".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
There was a universal vague hope in a great moral peace, of a new world order arising visibly and immediately on the ruins of the old.
From Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements by Lord, Frank B.
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