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second world

sec·ond world
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sek-uh nd wurld]
    • /ˈsɛk ənd wɜrld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sek-uh nd wurld]
    • /ˈsɛk ənd wɜrld/

Definitions of second world words

  • noun second world the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. 1
  • noun second world the Communist and socialist nations of the world. 1

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Origin of second world

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Second world

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

second world popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

second world usage trend in Literature

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