multicivilizational

adjective

Of or pertaining to more than one civilization.

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Meanings

adjectivemulticivilizational (comparative more multicivilizational, superlative most multicivilizational)

comparative more multicivilizational · superlative most multicivilizational · alternative multicivilisational

  1. Of or pertaining to more than one civilization.

    Global politics was becoming not just “multipolar” but “multicivilizational,” he argued, with competing powers modernizing along different cultural lines, not simply converging with the liberal West.

    2022 March 30, Ross Douthat, “Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From multi- + civilizational.

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APA

multicivilizational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicivilizational

MLA

“multicivilizational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicivilizational. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multicivilizational,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicivilizational.

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