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NWO

NWO is the initialism of New World Order.

Meaning of New World Order

Proper noun

the New World Order

  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. (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
    Synonyms:
    NWO

Questions about NWO

What is NWO the initialism of?
NWO is the initialism of New World Order.

Words near NWO in the dictionary

  1. NWG
  2. NWHRC
  3. NWIP
  4. NWM
  5. NWMP
  6. NWO
  7. NWOAHM
  8. NWOBHM
  9. Nwosu
  10. Nwosus
  11. NWOT

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Adapted from Wiktionary: NWO (page history and authors); New World Order (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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