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globality, n.
Brit. |glə(ʊ)ˈbalɪti|, U.S. |gloʊˈbælədi|
[‹ global adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French globalité (1936).]
The quality of being global; universality, totality; spec. the quality of having worldwide inclusiveness, reach, or relevance; (the potential for) global integration, operation, or influence (esp. in business and financial contexts).
1931Times 28 Mar. 8/1 Symbolical morphology..in many instances is identical; see the idea of generality or globality indicated by the termination ‘ry’, common, with insignificant variations, to Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Basque, as springing from the same linguistic source. 1942E. A. Mowrer & M. Rajchman Global War iv. 121 Even in 1942 a final obstacle to complete globality [of war] remained—aircraft were not yet sufficiently far ranging so that the Atlantic and Pacific ends of the Axis could keep in touch across the vastness of Soviet Russia. 1977Internat. Affairs 53 435 The EEC started with rather unrealistic assumptions about the globality of its approach and the actual contents of its [global Mediterranean] policy. 1981Forbes (Nexis) 19 Jan. 31 The globality of our negotiations is the most novel aspect of our international oil policy. 1989R. Penrose Emperor's New Mind x. 423 The globality of inspirational thought is particularly remarkable in Mozart's quotation (‘It does not come to me successively..but in its entirety’). 1998Newsweek 18 May 26/1 We are now beginning to see a reality beyond globalization—the world of ‘globality’. |