Proper noun
(historical, politics) Those countries aligned with the West during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those aligned with the East (Second World).
(informal) Wealthy, developed nations, contrasted with the Third World.
first-world problems
(Hopi religion) Synonym of Tokpela
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThere is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in. Gerald Durrell
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. Gore Vidal
If we do not succeed with political union...then the historic decline of Europe which began with the First World War will resume. Jacques Delors
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace. Rene Cassin
We Germans carried our hatred from the First World War to the Second World War, and now you are about to carry the hatred about the murder of 5 million people on to another World War. Hans Fritzsche
In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case is different, because you had systematic murder, like the Holocaust. Ryszard Kapuściński