polycentrism

Meaning

Noun

  • a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control
  • (of a chromosomes, etc) the existence of multiple central parts
  • the existence of more than one culture in a particular country or region

Origin

  • poly- + -centrism

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