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great reset

great reset proper noun: the concerted worldwide implementation of various policies to address the shortcomings of modern capitalism, in particular their impact on public health and climate change.

Proper noun (1)

the great reset

  1. The concerted worldwide implementation of various policies to address the shortcomings of modern capitalism, in particular their impact on public health and climate change.
    • Klaus Schwab, WEF’s founder and executive chairman, invoked the need to help provoke a “great reset” around the world in the wake of the pandemic. “The covid-19 crisis has shown us that our old systems are not fit anymore for the 21st century,” he said in a podcast ahead of events this week.2021 January 29, Ishaan Tharoor, quoting Klaus Schwab, “World leaders pledge a ‘great reset’ after the pandemic”, in Washington Post, →ISSN
  2. The global elites' use or fabrication of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns as pretexts to impose radical social change, such as replacing capitalism with socialism, the Green New Deal etc., according to certain conspiracy theories.
    • “Anyone who doesn’t realise that the great reset is the biggest threat to our form of life right now hasn’t been paying attention,” he said.2020 December 4, Quinn Slobodian, quoting James Delingpole, “How the ‘great reset’ of capitalism became an anti-lockdown conspiracy”, in The Guardian
    • The Great Reset is going to be the segue from the pandemic. Now that they’ve got everybody obedient in terms of not leaving the house and doing what they have to do, and we’ve seen actions from the police in Victoria which are unthinkable in this country, there’s a segue from there into making sure...2020 December 20, Jason Wilson, quoting Maurice Newman, “Sky News Australia is increasingly pushing conspiracy theories to a global audience online”, in The Guardian

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Great Reset

the Great Reset

  1. The 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, held in June 2020, which brought together business and political leaders to discuss the rebuilding of society and the economy following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Origin of great reset

From the Great Reset, the theme of the meeting of the World Economic Forum in 2020, where these policies were presented and discussed.

Questions about great reset

What does great reset mean?
Great reset means the concerted worldwide implementation of various policies to address the shortcomings of modern capitalism, in particular their impact on public health and climate change.
What part of speech is great reset?
Great reset is a proper noun.

Words near great reset in the dictionary

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