global village

noun

: the world seen as a community in which people are connected by computers, television, etc., and all depend on one another

Full Definition of GLOBAL VILLAGE

: the world viewed as a community in which distance and isolation have been dramatically reduced by electronic media (as television and the Internet)

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1960

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