Meanings
plural multipolarities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being multipolar.
The 1990s confirmed the United States as the world's sole superpower. Bipolarity had disappeared with the Soviet Union; contrary to predictions, Germany and Japan had not yet turned economic muscle into military might to create a new era of “multipolarity.”
2000, David Reynolds, chapter 17, in One World Divisible, W. W. Norton, →ISBN, page 645Antonyms: unipolarity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being multipolar.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 多極化 /多极化
- 多極化 /多极化 (duōjíhuà)the condition of being multipolar
Finnish moninapaisuus
- moninapaisuusthe condition of being multipolar
Greek πολυπολικότητα
- πολυπολικότητα (polypolikótita)the condition of being multipolar
Indonesian multipolaritas
- multipolaritasthe condition of being multipolar
Polish wielobiegunowość, multipolarność
- wielobiegunowośćthe condition of being multipolar
- multipolarnośćthe condition of being multipolar
Romanian multipolaritate
- multipolaritatethe condition of being multipolar
Russian многополя́рность
- многополя́рность (mnogopoljárnostʹ)the condition of being multipolar
Cite this entry
multipolarity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multipolarity
“multipolarity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multipolarity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multipolarity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multipolarity.
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