Fourth World

The Fourth World is an extension of the three-world model, used variably to refer to

  1. Sub-populations socially excluded from global society, such as uncontacted peoples;
  2. Hunter-gatherer, nomadic, pastoral, and some subsistence farming peoples living beyond the modern industrial norm.
  3. Sub-populations existing in a First World country, but with the living standards of those of a Third World.
For other uses, see Fourth World (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Four Worlds.

The term is not commonly used. "Fourth World" has also been used to refer to other parts of the world in relation to the three-world model.

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