anti-globalization
noun
an·ti-glob·al·i·za·tion
ˌan-tē-ˌglō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
ˌan-tī-
: opposition to globalization
… while the forces of anti-globalization demonstrated in Seattle during meetings of the World Trade Organization …—
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anti-globalization
adjective
anti-globalization protesters
the anti-globalization movement
Examples of anti-globalization in a Sentence
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Trump is failing to offer any alternative framing, like the anti-globalization that Americans actually voted for.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
There may, though, be aspects which do still inflame Trump's base, which has a staunchly anti-globalization slant.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Displaced workers and economically insecure populations are gravitating toward populist movements, which promise protectionism, anti-globalization policies, and curbs on immigration.
—Amir Husain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
In 2001, after a major anti-globalization protest in Gothenburg was violently put down by the police, activists formed online communities.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
There's also a lingering wariness due to the legacy of the Zapatista anti-globalization uprising that paralyzed the Mexican government in 1994, for which the region has become synonymous.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023
To be fair to Trump and other anti-globalization zealots, amid all their mis-information and bluster is a kernel of truth.
—N. Gregory Mankiw, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
There may, though, be aspects which do still inflame Trump's base, which has a staunchly anti-globalization slant.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Displaced workers and economically insecure populations are gravitating toward populist movements, which promise protectionism, anti-globalization policies, and curbs on immigration.
—Amir Husain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
In 2001, after a major anti-globalization protest in Gothenburg was violently put down by the police, activists formed online communities.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
There's also a lingering wariness due to the legacy of the Zapatista anti-globalization uprising that paralyzed the Mexican government in 1994, for which the region has become synonymous.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023
To be fair to Trump and other anti-globalization zealots, amid all their mis-information and bluster is a kernel of truth.
—N. Gregory Mankiw, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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“Anti-globalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-globalization. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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