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Third World

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Noun

1. third world

underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Third World

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noun
the less economically advanced countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America collectively, esp when viewed as underdeveloped and as neutral in the East-West alignment
. Also called: developing world

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Third World

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1. 
those countries and territories, chiefly of Africa and Asia, once thought of as being outside the worlds, or spheres of influence, of the Western capitalist nations and the Soviet bloc
2. 
the poor and economically underdeveloped countries of the world collectively
adjective
of or like the Third World; specif., economically underdeveloped, politically unstable, etc.
a third-world standard of living

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Third World

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n.
1. The developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
2. During the Cold War, the nations not aligned with the First World or the Second World.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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