pluricentric

English

Etymology

From pluri- +‎ -centric.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌplʊəɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ˌplɔːɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/
    • IPA(key): (obsolete) /ˌpljʊəɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌplʊɹəˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ˌplʊɹəˈsɛntɹək/

Adjective

pluricentric (comparative more pluricentric, superlative most pluricentric)

  1. Having more than one center; multicentric.
    • 1910, John George Adami with Albert George Nicholls, The Principles of Pathology, page 693:
      Tumors which appear to grow from a single focus are spoken of as unicentric. Some growths are clearly pluricentric, or multicentric.
  2. (linguistics) (of a language) Having several interacting codified standard forms, often corresponding to different countries.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “having several standard forms”): monocentric
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