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Global North

Proper noun

Meaning

Global North

(geopolitics) The regions of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union member states, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and four of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, excluding China, regarded as half of a socioeconomic and political divide opposite to the Global South.

Antonym: Global South

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

“If you look at the amount of carbon the Global North has put in the atmosphere, the United States one of the largest, we bear a burden of having let this legacy of climate change continue for so long. Source: Internet

In the Global North, teaching and research positions are often separated. Source: Internet

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