first-world nations

  • 1First World — 1. A country that was aligned with the West and opposed to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this use of First World has largely gone away. 2. A country characterized by political stability,… …

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  • 2First World — First′ World′ n. gov the major industrialized, non Communist nations of the world • Etymology: 1970–75 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 3first World — Meaning Originally the term referred just to the USA (see origin below), but now is understood to mean the most industrially developed, wealthy and powerful nations of the world. These countries are often referred to loosely as The West ,… …

    Meaning and origin of phrases

  • 4First World — the major industrialized non Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan. Cf. Second World, Third World, Fourth World. [1970 75] * * * …

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  • 5first world — noun Usage: often capitalized F&W Etymology: after third world Date: 1967 the highly developed industrialized nations often considered the westernized countries of the world …

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  • 6First World — modern non Communist industrialized nations (including Japan, the USA, Canada, and the nations of western Europe) …

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  • 7first world — noun Usage: usually capitalized F&W : the highly developed industrialized nations often considered the westernized countries of the world …

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  • 8First World — highly industrialized countries such as Japan, the United States and most Western European nations …

    Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • 9Military attachés and war correspondents in the First World War — were historians creating first hand accounts of a multi national, multi continent, multi ocean military conflict. In this multi year series of military engagements across a worldwide landscape of theaters of battle, the military taxonomy of war… …

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  • 10Neutral Socialist Conferences during the First World War — During the First World War there were three conferences of the Socialist parties of the non belligerent countries. Contents 1 Lugano, 1914 2 Copenhagen, 1915 3 Hague, 1916 4 See Also …

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