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New World Order en · PROPN

Etymology

Popularized by H. G. Wells in the book The New World Order in 1940.

Meanings

1. A vision for the world in which greater peace and stability is achieved through a new political order.
   • Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup. 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club:
2. (qualifier:conspiracy theories) A supposed planned rule of the world by a secret global elite.
   • She [Urvashi Vaid] also called Supreme Court justices "unqualified, sexist henchmen of the new world order. 1992 May 8, John Zeh, Gay Community News, page 3:

Forms

Deriveds

Black New World Order · Jew World Order

Relateds

world order · you will own nothing and be happy

Synonyms

NWO

Translations (22)

no ny verdensorden (vision for the world) · ko 새로운 세계 질서 (vision for the world) · cmn 新世界秩序 (vision for the world) · ca Nou Ordre Mundial (vision for the world) · gl Nova Orde Mundial (vision for the world) · ka ახალი მსოფლიო წესრიგი (vision for the world) · el Νέα Τάξη Πραγμάτων (vision for the world) · hi नई विश्व व्यवस्था (vision for the world) · cy Gorchymyn Byd Newydd (vision for the world) · hu új világrend (vision for the world) · fi uusi maailmanjärjestys (vision for the world) · pt nova ordem mundial (conspiracy theory) · he סדר עולמי חדש (vision for the world) · de Neue Weltordnung (vision for the world) · th ระเบียบใหม่ของโลก (vision for the world) · pl nowy porządek świata (conspiracy theory) · ru но́вый мирово́й поря́док (vision for the world) · ja 新世界秩序 (vision for the world) · uk нови́й світови́й поря́док (vision for the world) · pt nova ordem mundial (vision for the world) · fr Nouvel Ordre Mondial (vision for the world) · la novus ordo seculorum (vision for the world)

wikipedia: H. G. Wells · wikipedia: The New World Order (Wells book)