global village


global village

noun

Definition of GLOBAL VILLAGE

: the world viewed as a community in which distance and isolation have been dramatically reduced by electronic media (as television and the Internet)

First Known Use of GLOBAL VILLAGE

1960

Rhymes with GLOBAL VILLAGE

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