"Third World" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Third World [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Third World}} the Third World
  1. (historical, politics) Those countries not aligned with the west or the east during the Cold War. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Politics Translations (countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war): 第三世界 (dì-sān shìjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), třetí svět (Czech), kolmas maailm (Estonian), kolmas maailma (Finnish), tiers-monde [masculine] (French), terceiro mundo [masculine] (Galician), მესამე სამყარო (mesame samq̇aro) (Georgian), Dritte Welt [feminine] (German), terzo mondo [masculine] (Italian), 第三世界 (dai-san sekai) (alt: だいさんせかい) (Japanese), 제삼세계 (jesamsegye) (alt: 第三世界) (Korean), 제3세계 (je3segye) (alt: 第三世界) (Korean), trzeci świat [masculine] (Polish), terceiro mundo [masculine] (Portuguese), lumea a treia (english: the Third World) [feminine] (Romanian), тре́тий мир (trétij mir) [masculine] (Russian), an Treas Domhan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tercer mundo [masculine] (Spanish), alliansfri (Swedish), neutral (Swedish), tredje ståndpunkten [common-gender] (Swedish), โลกที่สาม (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Third_World-en-name-C3XJABDL Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war': 82 11 5 2
  2. (sometimes derogatory) developing countries, especially that of Africa, Asia and Latin America Tags: derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): Cold War Synonyms: Global South, third world, 3rd World, 3rd world Derived forms: Third-World, Third World briefcase, Third Worlder, Third-Worldist, Third-Worldism, Third-Worldization Related terms: First World, Fourth World, Second World, Thirdonia, Turd World
    Sense id: en-Third_World-en-name-gt9Z5ibl Disambiguation of Cold War: 39 49 6 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 59 13 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 68 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 56 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 58 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 39 25 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 16 50 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 50 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 61 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 17 50 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 17 54 14 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 60 17 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 63 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 62 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 18 47 16 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 54 19 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 17 50 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 16 50 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 50 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 47 17 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 51 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 65 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 18 46 17 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 64 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 48 15 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 18 50 15 17
  3. (attributive, derogatory, informal) Any developing country, or a country lacking the perceived internationally respected ideal standards of a society (e.g. sufficient rule of law and internationally respected level of prosperity). Tags: attributive, derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-Third_World-en-name-lPB9o0~o
  4. People of marginalized or exploited races, collectively.
    Sense id: en-Third_World-en-name-nAA~bR8J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (developing countries): 第三世界 (dì-sān shìjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), rozvojová země [feminine] (Czech), kolmas maailm (Estonian), kolmas maailma (Finnish), tiers-monde [masculine] (French), terceiro mundo [masculine] (Galician), მესამე სამყარო (mesame samq̇aro) (Georgian), Dritte Welt [feminine] (German), Trikont [masculine, rare] (German), terzo mondo [masculine] (Italian), 第三世界 (dai-san sekai) (alt: だいさんせかい) (Japanese), 제삼세계 (jesamsegye) (alt: 第三世界) (Korean), 제3세계 (je3segye) (alt: 第三世界) (Korean), den tredje verden [masculine] (Norwegian), جهان سوم (jahân-e sevvom) (Persian), trzeci świat [masculine] (Polish), terceiro mundo [masculine] (Portuguese), тре́тий мир (trétij mir) [masculine] (Russian), an Treas Domhan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tercer mundo [masculine] (Spanish), u-land [neuter] (Swedish), tredje världen [common-gender] (Swedish), โลกที่สาม (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'developing countries': 7 48 41 4

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Trikont"
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      "sense": "developing countries",
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      "word": "terzo mondo"
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      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
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        "masculine"
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      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
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      "roman": "jahân-e sevvom",
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      "word": "جهان سوم"
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "trzeci świat"
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      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
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        "masculine"
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an Treas Domhan"
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      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "developing countries",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
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      "sense": "developing countries",
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      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
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    {
      "_dis1": "7 48 41 4",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "โลกที่สาม"
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    "Non-Aligned Movement"
  ],
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}
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    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    {
      "word": "Third World briefcase"
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      "word": "Fourth World"
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          "ref": "2014 March 5, Sean McElwee, “Six Ways America Is Like a Third-World Country”, in Rolling Stone:",
          "text": "In some instances, the U.S.’s performance is downright abysmal, far below foreign countries that are snidely looked-down-upon as “third world.”",
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          "ref": "2023 March 31, John Haltiwanger, “Trump and his sons say his indictment makes the US like a 'third world' country, but plenty of other democracies have prosecuted ex-leaders”, in Insider:",
          "text": "[…] \"IT IS LIKEWISE A CONTINUING ATTACK ON OUR ONCE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. THE USA IS NOW A THIRD WORLD NATION, A NATION IN SERIOUS DECLINE. SO SAD!\"[…]\"The ruling party is trying to jail the opposition leader like a third world dictatorship! It's happening before your very eyes,\" Trump Jr. said in a tweet.[…]Meanwhile, Eric Trump condemned the indictment as \"third world prosecutorial misconduct […]",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dì-sān shìjiè",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "第三世界"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "třetí svět"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "kolmas maailm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "kolmas maailma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiers-monde"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terceiro mundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mesame samq̇aro",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "მესამე სამყარო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dritte Welt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terzo mondo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいさんせかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dai-san sekai",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "第三世界"
    },
    {
      "alt": "第三世界",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jesamsegye",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "제삼세계"
    },
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      "alt": "第三世界",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "je3segye",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "제3세계"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trzeci świat"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terceiro mundo"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "english": "the Third World",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lumea a treia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trétij mir",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тре́тий мир"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an Treas Domhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tercer mundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "alliansfri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "neutral"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tredje ståndpunkten"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "countries not aligned with the west or east during the cold war",
      "word": "โลกที่สาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dì-sān shìjiè",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "第三世界"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozvojová země"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "kolmas maailm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "kolmas maailma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiers-monde"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terceiro mundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mesame samq̇aro",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "მესამე სამყარო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dritte Welt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Trikont"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terzo mondo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいさんせかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dai-san sekai",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "第三世界"
    },
    {
      "alt": "第三世界",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jesamsegye",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "제삼세계"
    },
    {
      "alt": "第三世界",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "je3segye",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "제3세계"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "den tredje verden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jahân-e sevvom",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "جهان سوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trzeci świat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terceiro mundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trétij mir",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тре́тий мир"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an Treas Domhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tercer mundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "u-land"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tredje världen"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "developing countries",
      "word": "โลกที่สาม"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Non-Aligned Movement"
  ],
  "word": "Third World"
}

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