Fourth World

English Etymology After en First World, en Second World and en Third World. Proper noun Fourth World 1 Collectively, peoples living nomadic, pastoral, hunter-gatherer or other ways of life outside the modern industrial norm. en Hopi religion en Túwaquachi. en informal derogatory attributive A notional standard of living or level of development lower than that in the stereotyped Third World. en https://www.ft.com/content/77ee0d8d-bf74-4cc3-bde0-a064ce074726 Financial Times “Three of the deadliest structural collapses in the last 10 years occurred in one county. That’s not even including the other structural failures that were not deadly. One county, dude. This is a third-world government and a fourth-world infrastructure, at the risk of insulting the fourth world.” How Miami became the most important city in America 2022-02-03 Joel Stein 2024-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20250725195220/https://www.ft.com/content/77ee0d8d-bf74-4cc3-bde0-a064ce074726 25 July 2025 en https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/whos-afraid-of-korean-reunification?IssueID=55 Milken Institute Review How did it become what we might as well call a fourth world country that happens to possess intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear payloads? Who’s Afraid of Korean Reunification? 2024-10-23 Nicholas Eberstadt https://web.archive.org/web/20250725112226/https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/whos-afraid-of-korean-reunification?IssueID=55 Translations Traditional civilizations Catalan: ca Quart Món m French: fr quart-monde m Georgian: ka მეოთხე სამყარო Polish: pl Czwarty Świat m Spanish: es cuarto mundo m Thai: th โลกที่สี่ Hopi world French: fr Quatrième Monde m, fr Quatrième Univers m Polish: pl Czwarty Świat m See also en Fifth World First World Second World Sixth World Third World en Four Hopi culture en Politics