globalizingadj.
/ˈɡləʊbl̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˈɡləʊbəlʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡloʊbəˌlaɪzɪŋ/ 1. That makes something global (in various senses of the adjective). In later use: spec. (in business and financial contexts) that favours or brings about operation on a worldwide scale; that effects or facilitates globalization.
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1930 W. Boyd Towards New Educ. v. 160 The perceptive-visual-verbal order of globalizing activity.
1975 Yale Law Jrnl. 84 1007 The outlook and impact of the multinational corporation as a globalizing phenomenon of prime significance.
1995 B. R. Barber Jihad vs. McWorld (1996) i. 23 There is no activity more intrinsically globalizing than trade, no ideology less interested in nations than capitalism, no challenge to frontiers more audacious than the market.
2007 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 6 Dec. b3 Globalizing forces such as the Internet, mass immigration and free trade blur political boundaries.
2. That is becoming global or worldwide, esp. with regard to business or financial activity; characterized by globalization.
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1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 30 Aug. 17/1 The longer aim of reducing government protection of industries, adjusting to a globalizing economy, and holding down consumer costs.
1989 Performing Arts Jrnl. 11 131 The virtual space of globalizing mass culture..cannot possibly project a common desire or fantasy.
2003 National Art Coll. Fund Rev. 2002 64/2 Ways of thinking about Africa and African identity in the globalising world of the 21st century.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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