anti-globalizationadj.n.
/ˌantɪɡləʊbl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˌɡloʊbələˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌæn(t)iˌɡloʊbəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌænˌtaɪˌɡloʊbələˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌænˌtaɪˌɡloʊbəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌæn(t)əˌɡloʊbələˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌæn(t)əˌɡloʊbəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ A. adj.
Opposed to the increase in the global power and influence of businesses, esp. multinational corporations; spec. involved in protest or activism against such an increase.
ΚΠ
1994 A. MacEwan in R. Miliband & L. Panitch Socialist Reg. 1994 142 By giving prominence to equality over economic growth, anti-globalisation forces might find one of their strongest arguments.
1998 Time 27 Apr. 34/3 A nationalist, antiglobalization alliance might offer environmentalists something they have rarely tasted in past decades: power.
2009 G. Tzotzos et al. Genetically Modified Plants i. 27 Golden rice..has met with significant opposition from environmental and anti-globalization activists.
B. n.
Opposition to the increase in the global power and influence of businesses, esp. multinational corporations; spec. protest or activism against such an increase.
ΚΠ
1995 Alternatives (Peterborough, Ont.) Apr. 40/2 Global Visions is most remarkable not for the differences of opinion it presents (there is little: anti-globalization appears unfamiliarly hegemonic here), but for the refreshing plurality of its voices.
2002 T. Nairn Pariah 155 Anti-globalisation had already begun to gather strength and conviction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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