Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fourth world

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: fourth -world
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Collectively, peoples living nomadic, pastoral, hunter-gatherer or other ways of life outside the modern industrial norm.

name

Synonym of Túwaquachi.

name

A notional standard of living or level of development lower than that in the stereotyped Third World.

Derogatory; Informal

Example Sentences

"“Three of the deadliest structural collapses in the last 10 years occurred in one county. That’s not even including the other structural failures that were not deadly. One county, dude. This is a third-world government and a fourth-world infrastructure, at the risk of insulting the fourth world.”"
"How did it become what we might as well call a fourth world country that happens to possess intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear payloads?"

Etymology

After First World, Second World, and Third World.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Fourth World (canonical)

Phrases

Fifth World First World Second World Sixth World Third World

Frequently Paired Words

Fifth World First World Second World Sixth World Third World

Synonyms

Túwaquachi

Questions

What does fourth world mean?: Collectively, peoples living nomadic, pastoral, hunter-gatherer or other ways of life outside the modern industrial norm.
Where does fourth world come from?: After First World, Second World, and Third World.

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