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Third World definition

Third World

  1. those countries and territories, chiefly of Africa and Asia, once thought of as being outside the worlds, or spheres of influence, of the Western capitalist nations and the Soviet bloc
  2. the poor and economically underdeveloped countries of the world collectively

Etymology: <Fr tiers monde

third-world definition

third·-world (t̸hʉrd′wʉrld′)

adjective

of or like the Third World; specif., economically underdeveloped, politically unstable, etc. a third-world standard of living

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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