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The adjective global and the adverb globally mean pertaining to, or embracing, the totality of a number of items, categories, etc. They also mean comprehensive and all-inclusive. Global is a synonym of worldwide and means of, or relating to, or involving the entire world in the general sense or as the planet Earth.[1]

It has been argued that global has replaced international or world as a way of referring to issues, processes and structures that affect human beings collectively.[2]

Global may also refer to:

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  1. ^ "Global", Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition 1989
  2. ^ "Advances in sociological knowledge: Over Half a Century", Nikolǎi Genov, page 38, 15th World Congress of Sociology, July 2002, Brisbane, Australia

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