new world order
/ˌnjuː wəːld ˈɔːdə/noun
A new or alternative model of social organization, interaction, or control; (Politics ) a new balance of power among nations, sometimes as manifested in arrangements established internationally for preserving political stability; especially (in recent use) the state of global politics and the global economy following the end of the Cold War.
- The implication of order in the phrase is often not simply of a social system but also of social cohesion and lawful conduct..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philip Bailey (1816–1902), poet. From new + world order.
- the last minute
- the last (or final) straw
- the last straw
- the last word
- the laugh is on me (or you, him, etc.)
- the Law
- (the law of) diminishing returns
- the Law of Moses
- the law of the jungle
- the Left
- the length and breadth of
- the lesser evil (or the lesser of two evils)
- the Lido
- the lie (lay) of the land
- the life and soul of the party (the life of the party)
- the light of day
- the light of one's life
- the lights are on, but nobody's (or no one's)home
- the likes of
- the Line
- the line of least resistance
- the line (or path) of least resistance
- the lion's den
- the lion's share
- the Litany