Meanings
comparative more many-faceted · superlative most many-faceted · alternative manyfaceted · alternative manifaceted
- Having many sides or facets; multifaceted.
Synonyms: many-faced
- broadlyfigurativelyHaving many different aspects or features.
Nishida's writings are a prism in which we can see refracted the manifaceted atmosphere of Japanese philosophy in the first half of this century.
1993, Nishida Kitaro, Last Writings: Nothingness and the Religious Worldview2 more examples
The crushing of Africa by means of the regimentation of slavery had the effect of energizing specific local creativity and this has resulted in manifaceted Africanist practices in the New World diasporas.
2013, Berndt Ostendorf, New Orleans: Creolization and all that JazzSo it is in soils, as those five soil-forming factors can team together in myriad ways to form a world of soils that is complex, spatially diverse, and manifaceted.
2015, Randall J. Schaetzl, Michael L. Thompson, Soils, page 638
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving many sides or facets; multifaceted.
Origin
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