globalism

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Recent Examples of globalism So in terms of what is just and good, was globalism a worthwhile enterprise? Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 Oct. 2025 The heady days of globalism are behind us, and nostalgia for a world order that never truly existed doesn’t serve us. Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 The original Alien came out at the end of a decade defined in part by stagflation, corporate consolidation, globalism, and a general sense of cynicism that pervaded American culture. James Grebey, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025 Western elites believed that in the twenty-first century, cosmopolitanism and globalism would triumph over atavism and tribal loyalties. Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2017 See All Example Sentences for globalism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for globalism
cosmopolitanism
Noun
  • One of Singapore’s most attractive qualities is its cosmopolitanism, its openness to the world; Raffles embodies that spirit.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For all her cosmopolitanism, Schjerfbeck didn’t do much to dispel this.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026

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“Globalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/globalism. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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