fourth world

  • 1Fourth World — Fourth′ World′ n. cvb gov the world s poorest and least developed nations, esp. in Africa and Asia • Etymology: 1970–75 …

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  • 2fourth world — n. [often F W ] the poorest, most underdeveloped countries of the third world …

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  • 3Fourth World — The term Fourth World in academia sometimes refers to a sub population subjected to social exclusion in global society, but since the 1974 publication of The Fourth World: An Indian Reality by George Manuel, Chief of the National Indian… …

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  • 4Fourth World — These are the most underdeveloped regions in the world. The Fourth World is used to describe the most poverty stricken, and economically troubled parts of countries in the Third World. Unlike the First, Second and Third World, the Fourth World… …

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  • 5fourth world — {n.}, {informal} The poor nations of the world, as distinguished from the oil rich nations of the third world. * /Sri Lanka will never join OPEC, since it is a fourth world nation./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6fourth world — {n.}, {informal} The poor nations of the world, as distinguished from the oil rich nations of the third world. * /Sri Lanka will never join OPEC, since it is a fourth world nation./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 7fourth\ world — noun informal the poor nations of the world, as distinguished from the oil rich nations of the third world. Sri Lanka will never join OPEC, since it is a fourth world nation …

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  • 8Fourth-World — See Fourth World. * * * …

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  • 9Fourth World (disambiguation) — Fourth World may refer to:* Fourth World refers to Least Developed Countries or to other notably marginalized, impoverished, or oppressed groups, (e.g. indigenous peoples) living in Third World or First World countries. * Fourth World, the… …

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  • 10Fourth World: Resurgent Nations in the New Europe — ▪ 1997 Introduction       by Richard A. Griggs and Peter R. Hocknell  Throughout the world in 1996, there were some 6,000 to 9,000 Fourth World nations, territorial and political units that lacked recognition by the United Nations but endured as… …

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