Global-village definition
The world regarded as having become a single community by the effects of mass media, rapid travel, etc.
noun
The world considered as a single community in which telecommunications link the inhabitants together.
noun
The definition of a global village is the idea that people are connected by easy travel, mass media and electronic communications, and have become a single community.
An example of the global village is all the combined societies throughout the world.
noun
The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web.
noun
(1) A term coined by Marshall McLuhan who envisioned the world interconnected via electronic communications.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
global-village
Plural:
global villagesOrigin of global-village
- Coined by Marshall McLuhan circa 1964.
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