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polycentrism.

a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control

    uncountable · usually
  2. (of a chromosomes, etc) the existence of multiple central parts

    uncountable · usually
  3. the existence of more than one culture in a particular country or region

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From poly- + -centrism.

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