Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- noun During the Cold War, the nations not aligned with the First World or the Second World.
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- noun Those countries not aligned with the west or the east during the
Cold War . - noun sometimes pejorative The
developing countries ofAsia ,Africa andLatin America .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively
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Examples
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Bono, the rock star and campaigner against Third World debt, is asking the Irish government to contribute more to Africa.
U2 Responds to Critics of Their Deal With the Taxman - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Bono, the rock star and campaigner against Third World debt, is asking the Irish government to contribute more to Africa.
U2 Responds to Critics of Their Deal With the Taxman - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Bono, the rock star and campaigner against Third World debt, is asking the Irish government to contribute more to Africa.
U2 Responds to Critics of Their Deal With the Taxman - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Bono, the rock star and campaigner against Third World debt, is asking the Irish government to contribute more to Africa.
U2 Responds to Critics of Their Deal With the Taxman - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Bono, the rock star and campaigner against Third World debt, is asking the Irish government to contribute more to Africa.
U2 Responds to Critics of Their Deal With the Taxman - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The answer, almost invariably, is people from Third World countries.
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The Third World has its own agenda for the Earth Summit, which is contained in part in a document called the Rio Declaration.
Earth At The Summit 2008
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Buchanan would end all foreign aid, build a Fortress America through protectionist trade barriers and return America to his beloved '5Os by keeping out Third World immigrants.
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The beneficiaries are those so powerful that they are rarely called to account: an elite centered in First World capitals, who, together with their Third World clients, work to arrange the world to their liking.
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While applying creditor-oriented rules against Third World countries and other debtors, the IMF pursues a double standard with regard to the United States.
SUPER-IMPERIALISM: Shameful Legacy Of Liberal Democrats 2007
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