<P> French demographer , anthropologist and historian Alfred Sauvy , in an article published in the French magazine L'Observateur , August 14 , 1952 , coined the term Third World ( French : Tiers Monde ) , referring to countries that were unaligned with either the Communist Soviet bloc or the Capitalist NATO bloc during the Cold War . His usage was a reference to the Third Estate , the commoners of France who , before and during the French Revolution , opposed the clergy and nobles , who composed the First Estate and Second Estate , respectively . Sauvy wrote , `` This third world ignored , exploited , despised like the third estate also wants to be something . '' He conveyed the concept of political non-alignment with either the capitalist or communist bloc . </P>
<P> French demographer , anthropologist and historian Alfred Sauvy , in an article published in the French magazine L'Observateur , August 14 , 1952 , coined the term Third World ( French : Tiers Monde ) , referring to countries that were unaligned with either the Communist Soviet bloc or the Capitalist NATO bloc during the Cold War . His usage was a reference to the Third Estate , the commoners of France who , before and during the French Revolution , opposed the clergy and nobles , who composed the First Estate and Second Estate , respectively . Sauvy wrote , `` This third world ignored , exploited , despised like the third estate also wants to be something . '' He conveyed the concept of political non-alignment with either the capitalist or communist bloc . </P>
when was the term third world first used
when was the term third world first used
August 14 , 1952
August 14 , 1952