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Definition of Polycentrism
1. Noun. a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control ¹
2. Noun. (context: of chromosomes etc) the existence of multiple central parts ¹
3. Noun. the existence of more than one culture in a particular country or region ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polycentrism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polycentrism
Literary usage of Polycentrism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe by Richard Felix Staar (1982)
"Interestingly enough, it was a communist from outside the bloc who coined the
somewhat misleading term "polycentrism" for a policy that had already been put ..."
2. Europe and America Beyond 2000 by Pierre Hassner, Gregory F. Treverton (1990)
"... lines of the Atlantic alliance—its geographical discontinuity and political
polycentrism—were compensated, once American superiority was gone, ..."
3. Renewing the United Nations System by Erskine Childers (1999)
"... principally by invoking the concept of 'polycentrism'. In the 1991 statement
quoted above M. Saouma, one of the most zealous defenders of agency turf, ..."
4. The Rise of Nations in the Soviet Union: American Foreign Policy and the by Michael Mandelbaum (1991)
"... as more and more new players enter the international arena. The goals of
American policy during the Cold War, from rollback to polycentrism in Eastern ..."
5. Asia's Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security by William T. Tow, In-Taek Hyun (2000)
"Arguing that problems of strategic deterrence and power balancing have now been
superseded by high technology and "regional polycentrism. ..."
6. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"... the 1969 border conflict also reinforced the trend toward a fundamental
realignment in the Cold War international system: polycentrism within world ..."
7. Crossover: Architecture, Urbanism, Technology by Ad Graafland, Leslie Jaye Kavanaugh, George Baird (2006)
"However, the polycentrism of the network of Holland towns can also mean that in
time Holland, to paraphrase Pirenne, will once more function as a suburb ..."
8. Worldwide Military Threats: Implications for U. S. Forces (1992)
"Use of the term "polycentric" in this context should not be confused with the
common meaning of "polycentrism," ie, "the existence of many centers of ..."
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