polysystem

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noun

A group of systems that function together as a system.

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Meanings

nounpolysystem (plural polysystems)

plural polysystems

  1. A group of systems that function together as a system.

    […] the fact that the theatre is a polysystem, which brings together signs from a variety of systems such as (as here) the costumic, the gestural, the expressive, the aural and the verbal or linguistic — to formulate its message.

    1984, The New Orleans Review, volume 11, page 123

Origin

From poly- + system.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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