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worlding

worlding is the present participle and gerund of world.

Meaning of world

Verb

world (third-person singular simple present worlds, present participle worlding, simple past and past participle worlded)

  1. (transitive) To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focusing on national or other distinctions; compare globalize.
    • There are by now many feminisms (Tong, 1989; Humm, 1992). [...] They are in shifting alliance or contest with postmodern critiques, which at times seem to threaten the very category 'women' and its possibilities for a feminist politics. These debates inform this attempt at worlding women—moving...1996, Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women: A feminist international politics, page ix-x
  2. (transitive) To make real; to make worldly.

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Questions about worlding

What is worlding the present participle and gerund of?
Worlding is the present participle and gerund of world.

Words near worlding in the dictionary

  1. worldhoods
  2. worldhouse
  3. worldhouses
  4. worldie
  5. worldies
  6. worlding
  7. worldish
  8. worldizing
  9. worldkin
  10. worldkins
  11. worldlang

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