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Fourth World

Fourth World proper noun: collectively, peoples living nomadic, pastoral, hunter-gatherer or other ways of life outside the modern industrial norm.

Proper noun

the Fourth World

  1. Collectively, peoples living nomadic, pastoral, hunter-gatherer or other ways of life outside the modern industrial norm.
  2. (Hopi religion) Synonym of Túwaquachi.
    Synonyms:
    Túwaquachi
  3. (attributive, derogatory, informal) A notional standard of living or level of development lower than that in the stereotyped Third World.
    • “Three of the deadliest structural collapses in the last 10 years occurred in one county. That’s not even including the other structural failures that were not deadly. One county, dude. This is a third-world government and a fourth-world infrastructure, at the risk of insulting the fourth world.”2022 February 3, Joel Stein, “How Miami became the most important city in America”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2022
    • How did it become what we might as well call a fourth world country that happens to possess intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear payloads?2024 October 23, Nicholas Eberstadt, “Who’s Afraid of Korean Reunification?”, in Milken Institute Review, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2025

Fourth World meaning in Thai

Fourth World in Thai

Traditional civilizations
โลกที่สี่

Synonyms of Fourth World

Origin of Fourth World

After First World, Second World, and Third World.

Questions about Fourth World

What does Fourth World mean?
Fourth World means collectively, peoples living nomadic, pastoral, hunter-gatherer or other ways of life outside the modern industrial norm.
What is Fourth World in Thai?
Fourth World in Thai is โลกที่สี่. See Fourth World meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is Fourth World?
Fourth World is a proper noun.

Words near Fourth World in the dictionary

  1. fourth ventricles
  2. fourth wall
  3. fourth wall joke
  4. fourth wall jokes
  5. fourth walls
  6. Fourth World
  7. Fourth World War
  8. fourth year
  9. fourth years
  10. fourth-class
  11. fourth-degree

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