"semiperiphery" meaning in All languages combined

See semiperiphery on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: semiperipheries [plural]
Etymology: From semi- + periphery. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|semi|periphery}} semi- + periphery Head templates: {{en-noun}} semiperiphery (plural semiperipheries)
  1. In world-systems theory, any of the industrializing, mostly capitalist countries positioned between the periphery and core countries.

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