Third World

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
TW
Pronunciation
/θərd wərld/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World(TW) into an exploitative world system.
  2. There is no conflict of fundamental interests among the third world countries.
  3. The Archbishop of Canterbury has sounded a warning to Europe's leaders on third world debt
  4. China believes that there are rights and wrongs involved in the disputes between third world countries.
  5. Many countries in the Third World(TW) are as poor as they have ever been.

Other meanings of TW