multipolar

Definitions

1. Having more than two poles.
2. Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

Equivalents

Examples

“If we are mainly concerned, on the contrary, with preventing any rapid escalation of the two-power arms competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, a shift toward a multi-polar world may appear⟳ preferable.”

“The first diagram reveals a multi-polar system, in which a plurality of forces and interests balance each other in precarious equilibrium.”

“Mr. Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, like⟳ to claim⟳ that we now live⟳ in a multipolar world.”

CEFR level