polycentrism

UK: /ˌpɒlɪˈsɛntrɪzəm/ US: (pol′ē sen′triz əm)

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pol•y•cen•trism  (pol′ē sen′triz əm), n. 

1. Government the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, esp. Communism.
2. Government the fact of having many centers of authority or importance:
   the polycentrism of American intellectual life.

• polycentr(ic) + -ism 1955–60

pol′y•cen′tric, adj. 
pol′y•cen′trist, n., adj. 

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polycentrism / ˌpɒlɪˈsɛntrɪzəm/ noun

1. (formerly) the fact, principle, or advocacy of the existence of more than one guiding or predominant ideological or political centre in a political system, alliance, etc, in the Communist world