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world-historical

UK/ˌwəːldhɪˈstɒɹɪkl̩/

world-historical adjective: pertaining to world history; globally significant.

Adjective

world-historical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to world history; globally significant.
    • The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China was a world-historical event.2005, Arif Dirlik, Marxism in the Chinese Revolution
    • It is hard to overstate the world-historical impact of this transformation.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 124

Origin of world-historical

From world + historical, perhaps after earlier German weltgeschichtlich [from 19th c.]

Words formed from world-historical

Questions about world-historical

What does world-historical mean?
World-historical means pertaining to world history; globally significant.
What part of speech is world-historical?
World-historical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce world-historical?
World-historical is pronounced /ˌwəːldhɪˈstɒɹɪkl̩/ (UK).

Words near world-historical in the dictionary

  1. world-building
  2. world-class
  3. world-ending
  4. world-endingly
  5. world-famous
  6. world-historical
  7. world-historically
  8. world-old
  9. world-read
  10. world-renowned
  11. world-shaking

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