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new world order, n.
Brit. |ˌnjuː wəːld ˈɔːdə|, U.S. |ˌn(j)u ˌwərld ˈɔrdər|
[‹ new adj. + world order n. at world n. Compounds 8.]
A new or alternative model of social organization, interaction, or control; (Polit.) a new balance of power among nations, sometimes as manifested in arrangements established internationally for preserving political stability; esp. (in recent use) the state of global politics and the global economy following the end of the Cold War.
The implication of order in the phrase is often not simply of a social system (see order n. 15) but also of social cohesion and lawful conduct (see order n. 12b).
1848P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 342 Ye are all nations, I a single soul. Yet shall this new world order outlast all. 1892W. R. Thayer Dawn of Ital. Independence I. ii. i. 112 She imagined that in crushing him [sc. Napoleon] she could crush the new world-order and restore the Past. 1920F. C. Hicks New World Order v. 75 From Ladd's time to the present there has been a rapid increase of interest in plans for a new world order for the purpose of maintaining peace. 1940H. G. Wells New World Order xii. 122 There will be no day of days, then, when a new world order comes into being. 1977U.S. News & World Rep. 6 June 17/1 His basic aim: Build a new world order based on a U.S. commitment to moral values rather than an ‘inordinate fear of Communism’. 1991G. Bush in N.Y. Times 7 Mar. a8/4 And now, we can see a new world coming into view. A world in which there is the very real prospect of a new world order. 1996Fuse Winter 7/2 What is new is the centrality culture holds for conservative visions of a new world order characterized by home-bound computer workers and isolated consumers. |