The term has long lost its initial definition. Due to the complex history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition of the

The term has long lost its initial definition. Due to the complex history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition of the Third World.[1] Some countries in the Communist Bloc, such as Cuba, were often regarded as "Third World". Because many Third World countries were extremely poor, and non-industrialized, it became a stereotype to refer to poor countries as "third world countries", yet the "Third World" term is also often taken to include newly industrialized countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China (see also: BRIC). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World