New World Order

English

The Latin phrase novus ordo seclorum, appearing on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. Conspiracy theorists claim this is an allusion to the New World Order.

Alternative forms

• new world order
• (conspiracy theory) NWO

Etymology

Popularized by H. G. Wells in The New World Order (1940).

Proper noun

New World Order

1. A vision for the world in which greater peace and stability is achieved through a new political order.
   • 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.

2. According to conspiracy theories, the planned rule of the world by a secret global elite.

   Synonym: NWO

   • 1992 May 8, John Zeh, Gay Community News, page 3:

     She [Urvashi Vaid] also called Supreme Court justices "unqualified, sexist henchmen of the new world order.

Derived terms

• Jew World Order

Translations

vision for the world

• Catalan: Nou Ordre Mundial m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新世界秩序 (xīn shìjiè zhìxù)

• Finnish: uusi maailmanjärjestys
• French: Nouvel Ordre Mondial m
• Galician: Nova Orde Mundial
• Georgian: ახალი მსოფლიო წესრიგი (axali msoplio c̣esrigi)
• German: Neue Weltordnung f
• Greek: Νέα Τάξη Πραγμάτων (Néa Táxi Pragmáton)
• Hebrew: סדר עולמי חדש
• Hindi: नई विश्व व्यवस्था (naī viśva vyavasthā)
• Hungarian: új világrend
• Japanese: 新世界秩序 (shinsekai chitsujo)
• Korean: 새로운 세계 질서 (saeroun segye jilseo)
• Latin: novus ordo seculorum
• Norwegian: ny verdensorden
• Portuguese: nova ordem mundial f
• Russian: но́вый мирово́й поря́док m (nóvyj mirovój porjádok)
• Thai: ระเบียบใหม่ของโลก
• Ukrainian: нови́й світови́й поря́док m (novýj svitovýj porjádok)
• Welsh: Gorchymyn Byd Newydd

conspiracy theory

• Polish: nowy porządek świata (pl) m
• Portuguese: nova ordem mundial f

See also

• world order