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| - | :''[[Asia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[South America]], [[Antarctica]], [[Europe]], and [[Australia (continent)|Australia]]'' | + | The term '''world community''' is used primarily in [[political]] and [[humanitarian]] contexts to describe an international aggregate of [[nation states]] of widely varying types.{{cn|date=January 2013}} In most connotations, the term is used to convey meanings attached to consensus or inclusion of all people in all lands and their governments. In other connotations the term is used to convey a large amount of cultures living together in one place. |
| - | The '''World''' is a name for the planet '''[[Earth]]''' seen from a [[human point of view]], as a place inhabited by [[human being]]s. It is often used to mean the sum of human [[experience]] and [[history]], or the '[[human condition]]' in general. There are approximately 6.6 billion people living on the Earth. Especially in a [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] context, it can also refer to everything that makes up [[reality]], the [[universe]]: see [[World (philosophy)]]. | + | ==Examples== |
| - | ==Usage== | + | Dubai is a good example of an up and coming new world community. Dubai has incorporated such things as the worlds largest skyscraper, largest aquarium, largest international airport, biggest artificial island, biggest theme park and biggest mall. All of these things add to Dubai's attractiveness to people around the world. People from every continent are gradually visiting Dubai more and more creating a world community because of all the different cultures that are living harmoniously in one area. Other cities around the world that offer world communities like Dubai are New York U.S.A, Sydney Australia, and London England. World communities can also be stated as an community (large group) of people who effect the world, like Dubai did. |
| - | 'World' distinguishes the entire [[planet]] or [[population]] from any particular [[country]] or [[region]]: ''world affairs'' are those which pertain not just to one place but to the whole world, and ''[[world history]]'' is a field of [[history]] which examines events from a global (rather than a national or a regional) [[perspective]]. ''Earth'', on the other hand, refers to the planet as a physical entity, and distinguishes it from other planets and physical objects. | + | |
| - | <nowiki>'</nowiki>''World''<nowiki>'</nowiki> can also be used attributively, as an [[adjective]], to mean 'global', 'relating to the whole world', forming usages such as [[World community]]. See [[World (adjective)]]. | + | ==See also== |
| + | * [[Community]] | ||
| + | * [[International Community]] | ||
| + | * [[Global village (Internet)|Global village]] | ||
| - | By [[extension]], a <nowiki>'</nowiki>''world''<nowiki>'</nowiki> may refer to any planet or [[heavenly body]], especially when it is thought of as inhabited. | ||
| - | <nowiki>'</nowiki>''World''<nowiki>'</nowiki>, when qualified, can also refer to a particular domain of [[human]] [[experience]]. | ||
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| - | * The ''world of work'' describes paid work and the pursuit of a [[career]], in all its social aspects, to distinguish it from home life and [[academia|academic]] study. | ||
| - | * The ''fashion world'' describes the environment of the designers, [[fashion house]]s and [[consumer]]s that make up the [[fashion industry]]. | ||
| - | * The ''[[New World]]'' is a part of the world discovered or colonized by [[Europe]]ans later than other parts; it usually refers to the [[Americas|American]] continents or to [[Australia]]. [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] and [[Native Australians]] tend to dislike this usage. For them America and Australia are not new. Their ancestors have lived there since [[time immemorial]]. The ''[[Old World]]'' refers, by contrast, to the continents of [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and north [[Africa]]. | ||
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| - | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[Imperialism]] | ||
| - | *[[International]] | ||
| - | *[[World's Fair]] | ||
| - | *[[World Heritage Site]] | ||
| - | *[[World Press Photo]] | ||
| - | *[[World War I]] | ||
| - | *[[World War II]] | ||
| - | *[[World War II resistance movement]] | ||
| - | *[[World cinema]] | ||
| - | *[[World culture]] | ||
| - | *[[World literature]] | ||
| - | *[[World music]] | ||
| - | *[[Worldview]] | ||
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The term world community is used primarily in political and humanitarian contexts to describe an international aggregate of nation states of widely varying types.Template:Cn In most connotations, the term is used to convey meanings attached to consensus or inclusion of all people in all lands and their governments. In other connotations the term is used to convey a large amount of cultures living together in one place.
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Dubai is a good example of an up and coming new world community. Dubai has incorporated such things as the worlds largest skyscraper, largest aquarium, largest international airport, biggest artificial island, biggest theme park and biggest mall. All of these things add to Dubai's attractiveness to people around the world. People from every continent are gradually visiting Dubai more and more creating a world community because of all the different cultures that are living harmoniously in one area. Other cities around the world that offer world communities like Dubai are New York U.S.A, Sydney Australia, and London England. World communities can also be stated as an community (large group) of people who effect the world, like Dubai did.
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