- Third World
-
a) Those countries not aligned with the west or the east during the Cold War.See Also: First World, Second World
Wikipedia foundation.
Third World
Look at other dictionaries:
Third World — ˌThird ˈWorld noun the Third World ECONOMICS the poorer countries of the world, that are not industrially developed: • The bank had stakes in several operations in the Third World. Third World adjective : • Third World countries * * * Third World … Financial and business terms
Third World — (reggae) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Third World (homonymie). Third World est un groupe de reggae formé en 1973 par Stephen Cat Coore, guitariste, et Michael Ibo Cooper, clavier, qui venaient de quitter Inner Circle. Sommaire 1 Biographie … Wikipédia en Français
Third world — (reggae) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Third World (homonymie). Third World est un groupe de reggae formé en 1973 par Stephen Cat Coore, guitariste, et Michael Ibo Cooper, clavier, qui venaient de quitter Inner Circle. Sommaire 1 Biographie … Wikipédia en Français
Third World — ist eine jamaikanische Reggae Band. Ihr Sound beinhaltet Einflüsse von Funk, Soul und Disco. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Alben (Auswahl) 3 Weblinks … Deutsch Wikipedia
Third World — n the Third World the poorer countries of the world that are not industrially developed. Some people now consider this expression offensive. >Third World adj ▪ Third World debt … Dictionary of contemporary English
Third-World — [thʉrd′wʉrld΄] adj. of or like the Third World; specif., economically underdeveloped, politically unstable, etc. [a third world standard of living] * * * See Third World. * * * … Universalium
Third World — adjective 1. ) OFFENSIVE Third World countries are poor and do not have much industrial development. People now prefer to use the word developing. 2. ) relating to developing countries: Third World debt … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
third-world — [thʉrd′wʉrld΄] adj. of or like the Third World; specif., economically underdeveloped, politically unstable, etc. [a third world standard of living] … English World dictionary
Third World — 1963, from Fr. tiers monde, formulated 1952 by A. Sauvy on model of the third estate (Fr. tiers état) of Revolutionary France; his first world (The West) and second world (the Soviet bloc) never caught on … Etymology dictionary
Third World|er — «WURL duhr», a person belonging to the Third World, especially an African or Asian … Useful english dictionary
Third World — n. [<Fr tiers monde] [also t w ] 1. those countries and territories, chiefly of Africa and Asia, once thought of as being outside the worlds, or spheres of influence, of the Western capitalist nations and the Soviet bloc 2. the poor and… … English World dictionary
