multipolarity
- noun
- /ˌmʌltiˈpoʊlərɪti/
- Specialized
:
multipolaridad
- Second, in 1998-99, Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov launched an energetic campaign to promote multipolarity in international relations to undermine U.S. predominance and interventionism in global affairs.
- the rise of multipolarity
- unipolarity and multipolarity
Examples
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But in multipolarity, each state has more freedom to position itself vis-à-vis the others.
Academic text (1991) -
The mainstream views contend that the struggle between unipolarity and multipolarity will last for twenty to thirty years.
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By the late 1990s, the moment for multipolarity seemed ripe.
Academic text (2008) -
Is multipolarity relevant, especially given other powerful forces at work, such as globalization?
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Yet at a minimum, multipolarity will test the assumptions of American exceptionalism.
Academic text (2010) -
The classical understanding of multipolarity is inseparably linked with the idea of the need for a balance of power.
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Some think the end of the bipolar world left multipolarity in its stead.
Academic text (1999) -
The global trends toward multipolarity and economic globalization are deepening.
Blog text (13) -
In contrast, multipolarity augurs poorly for systemic stability for a number of reasons.
Academic text (1991) -
In a world of multipolarity, no single nation holds all the power; instead, multiple countries influence global decisions.
Synonyms
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A situation where groups or countries share power so no one becomes too strong
A system where power comes from several different centers
A government where many people or groups share power
Antonyms
How Many Centers
Surface Forms
Morphology
multipolarity = multipolar (semi-transparent) = multi + polar + ity
The noun is formed regularly from 'multipolar' + '-ity', but the political sense is a specialized metaphorical extension of the pole/center idea.
Etymology
Multipolarity comes from multi- meaning 'many' and polar from pole meaning 'point' or 'center'. So, in politics multipolarity describes a world with 'many centers of power' instead of one dominant country.