Third World

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The Third World refers to the group of nations—mostly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America—that were historically non-aligned or less economically developed during the Cold War, often contrasted with the capitalist First World and communist Second World.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Global South 16
Third World canonical 5
Global South grouping 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War terminology ⓘ
development studies concept ⓘ
geopolitical concept ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tercer Mundo ⓘ
tiers monde ⓘ
associatedWithConference Bandung Conference ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
coinedBy Alfred Sauvy ⓘ
coinedIn 1952 ⓘ
contrastedWith First World ⓘ
Second World ⓘ
criticizedFor being pejorative ⓘ
oversimplifying diverse countries ⓘ
reinforcing stereotypes ⓘ
economicCharacteristic dependence on primary commodities ⓘ
high levels of poverty ⓘ
limited industrialization ⓘ
low income ⓘ
fieldOfUse development economics ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
political science ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
firstAppearedIn French magazine L’Observateur ⓘ
geographicalFocus Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Third World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Global South

developing countries ⓘ
non-aligned countries ⓘ
postcolonial states ⓘ
implies economic underdevelopment ⓘ
marginalization in global power structures ⓘ
political dependency ⓘ
increasinglyReplacedBy Third World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Global South

developing countries ⓘ
low and middle income countries ⓘ
originOfTerm analogy with Third Estate in pre-revolutionary France ⓘ
politicalAlignment non-aligned with NATO ⓘ
non-aligned with Warsaw Pact ⓘ
relatedConcept Third World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Global South

Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
developing world ⓘ
least developed countries ⓘ
socialCharacteristic limited access to education ⓘ
limited access to healthcare ⓘ
lower human development indicators ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminentUse 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
usageDeclinedAfter end of Cold War ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cold War → hasKeyConcept → Third World ⓘ
Third World → historicallyAssociatedWith → Third World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Third World → relatedConcept → Third World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Third World → increasinglyReplacedBy → Third World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
South Africa → partOfRegion → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
BRICS → hasCollectiveIdentity → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South grouping
Women’s Rights Online → operatesIn → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
G77 → represents → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Open Data Lab → areaServed → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → operatesIn → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: global South
Non-Aligned Movement → focusRegion → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Alfred Sauvy → coinedTerm → Third World ⓘ
Alfred Sauvy → notableConcept → Third World ⓘ
Pentecostal churches → largestPresence → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Colombia → partOf → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
First World → contrastedWith → Third World ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → partOf → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
GRAIN (organization) → areaServed → Third World ⓘ
subject surface form: GRAIN
this entity surface form: Global South
Fridays for Future MAPA → geographicalFocus → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Middle East and North Africa → partOf → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
KCA → benefitsRegion → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Medical Anthropology Quarterly → coversRegion → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Global South
Houari Boumédiène → ideology → Third World ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third-Worldism
global South → relatedConcept → Third World ⓘ