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Meaning of pluricentric | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

/ˌplʊəɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk/

Definitions

Having more than one center; multicentric.
(of a language) Having several interacting codified standard forms, often corresponding to different countries.

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

pluriclosed pluricolpate pluricolumnal pluricontinental pluricultural pluricyclic