pluricentric

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adjective

Having more than one center; multicentric.

Opposite
Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivepluricentric (comparative more pluricentric, superlative most pluricentric)

comparative more pluricentric · superlative most pluricentric

  1. Having more than one center; multicentric.

    Tumors which appear to grow from a single focus are spoken of as unicentric. Some growths are clearly pluricentric, or multicentric.

    1910, John George Adami with Albert George Nicholls, The Principles of Pathology, page 693
  2. human sciences(of a language) Having several interacting codified standard forms, often corresponding to different countries.

Synonyms & antonyms

antonym(s) of “having several standard forms”

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Origin

Cite this entry
APA

pluricentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluricentric

MLA

“pluricentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluricentric. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pluricentric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluricentric.

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