globalise

Make universally accessible

Globalise is the British spelling of globalize, meaning to make worldwide in scope or application.

Companies globalise by expanding operations across national borders.

Industries globalise when production and markets become interconnected across countries: Manufacturing has globalised over the past forty years.

The process often implies both economic integration and cultural homogenisation.

integration

harmonize

Bring into agreement

coordinate · consolidate · merge · standardize · interoperability · borderless · interdependence · synchronize · align · centralize

economic

trade

Exchange of commodities

tariff · outsourcing · offshoring · investment · capitalism · market · currency · deregulation · liberalization · privatization

cultural

exchange

Mutual giving and receiving

westernization · localization · glocalization · hybridization · cosmopolitan · diversity · anglicization · world music · fusion cuisine · cultural imperialism

mobility

migration

Movement to new territory

brain drain · labor mobility · visa · passport · refugee · workforce · talent · relocation · transnational · nomad

communication

connectivity

State of being linked

broadcasting · translation · multilingualism · media · networking · information · digital · instantaneous · borderless · viral

technology

digital

Of discrete data

  • internetInterconnected computer systems
  • e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass

automation · AI · software · platforms · data · cybersecurity · fintech · infrastructure · broadband · mobile

Opposites
scope of integration

globaliselocalise

Fix to a place

nationalise · isolate · protectionism · insulate · balkanise

uniformity vs. distinctiveness

globaliselocalise

Fix to a place

particularise · balkanise · differentiate · specialise

scale of focus

globaliselocalise

Fix to a place

particularise · specialize · domesticate · narrow · restrict

Family

globalize, globalism, globalized, globalist, globalists, globalizing, globalised, globalises, globalisation

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Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G