world-historical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

world +‎ historical, perhaps after earlier German weltgeschichtlich [from 19th c.]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌwəːldhɪˈstɒɹɪkl̩/

Adjective[edit]

world-historical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to world history; globally significant.
    • 2005, Arif Dirlik, Marxism in the Chinese Revolution:
      The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China was a world-historical event.
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 124:
      It is hard to overstate the world-historical impact of this transformation.
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