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McWorld

noun

Meaning

  1. The effects of international McDonaldization of services and commercialization of goods and services as an element of globalization as a whole.
  2. The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English Mc- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world English McWorld From Mc- + world.

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