"McWorld" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Mc- + world. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|Mc|world|id1=derogatory}} Mc- + world Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} McWorld (uncountable)
  1. The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): McDonald's
    Sense id: en-McWorld-en-noun-UVgzQG~V Disambiguation of McDonald's: 88 12 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with Mc- (derogatory) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with Mc- (derogatory): 51 49
  2. (by extension) The effects of international McDonaldization of services and commercialization of goods and services as an element of globalization as a whole. Tags: broadly, uncountable
    Sense id: en-McWorld-en-noun-iXzrO01P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with Mc- (derogatory), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with Mc- (derogatory): 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Culture Related terms: McJob
Disambiguation of Culture: 0 0
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