globalizing
Making universally connected
Globalizing is making something worldwide in scope or application.
Businesses globalize by expanding into international markets.
Cultures globalize as ideas, products, and practices spread across borders.
The term often appears in discussions of economics and technology: Globalizing supply chains has transformed manufacturing.
Critics argue that globalizing forces homogenize local traditions.
Mutual joining of parts
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
unification · networking · coordination · collaboration · synchronization · alignment · consolidation · borderless
Exchange of commodities
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- marketsTrade gathering places
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
deregulation · outsourcing · offshoring · transnational · tariffs · commodities · neoliberalism · import
Interconnected computer systems
- connectivityState of being linked
- digitalOf discrete data
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- automationSelf-operating system design
e-commerce · platforms · satellite · fiber-optics · streaming · software
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
localization · glocalization · heritage · traditions · assimilation · cuisine · languages · media
interconnection
Mutual joining of parts
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
convergence · unification · networking · coordination · collaboration · synchronization · alignment · consolidation · borderless · supranational
trade
Exchange of commodities
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- marketsTrade gathering places
liberalization · deregulation · outsourcing · offshoring · transnational · tariffs · commodities · neoliberalism · import · export
internet
Interconnected computer systems
- connectivityState of being linked
- digitalOf discrete data
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
automation · e-commerce · platforms · satellite · fiber-optics · streaming · software
multiculturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
cosmopolitan · localization · glocalization · heritage · traditions · assimilation · cuisine · languages · media · music
globalizinglocalizing
Determining precise position
regionalizing · nationalizing · narrowing · contracting · deglobalizing
globalizingisolating
Setting apart from contact
fragmenting · balkanizing · separating · dividing · partitioning
globalizingprotectionist
Favors limiting foreign trade
insulating · restricting · withdrawing · walling off · retreating
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