pluricentric

English

Etymology

pluri- +‎ -centric

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌplʊəɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ˌplɔːɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/
  • (obsolete) IPA^(key): /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

• pluricentral

Antonyms

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