McWorldとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

McWorld (uncountable)

1. The spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization.
2. (by extension) The effects of international McDonaldization of services and commercialization of goods and services as an element of globalization as a whole.
   • 2011, Stephanie Clifford, Would You Like a Smile With That? (in The New York Times, August 6)

     Pret a Manger, the veddy British chain, has gained a foothold in our McWorld of burgers and fries, where you can fun-size this, combo that and, let’s face it, sort of expect sullen service.

参考

• McJob

参照

• Barber, Benjamin R. Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World. (1995) →ISBN.
• Sine, Tom. Mustard Seed Versus McWorld. (1999) →ISBN.