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polycentric

pol·y·cen·tric
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-ee-sen-trik]
    • /ˌpɒl iˈsɛn trɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-ee-sen-trik]
    • /ˌpɒl iˈsɛn trɪk/

Definitions of polycentric word

  • adjective polycentric having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking. 1
  • noun polycentric a type of chromosome 0
  • adjective polycentric multicentric 0

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Origin of polycentric

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; poly- + -centric

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Polycentric

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

polycentric popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

polycentric usage trend in Literature

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