Definitions

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  • adjective Having more than one center; multicentric.

Etymologies

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From plur- ("many") (from Latin stem of plus ("more")) + -centric

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Examples

  • English, unlike French, is firmly pluricentric: it has many living accents, all of which are equally part of the standard language.

    Today’s “Today” | Linguism 2009

  • Generally, I like the idea of the progressive (centre-left as well as socialist left) blogosphere being a pluricentric ecology rather than revolving around two or three big stars.

    Irish Blogs 2010

  • Generally, I like the idea of the progressive (centre-left as well as socialist left) blogosphere being a pluricentric ecology rather than revolving around two or three big stars.

    Splintered Sunrise 2010

  • Generally, I like the idea of the progressive (centre-left as well as socialist left) blogosphere being a pluricentric ecology rather than revolving around two or three big stars.

    Splintered Sunrise 2010

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