multiversity
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌmʌltɪˈvɜːrsɪti/
- At the multiversity, students have access to various research centers and facilities that support diverse areas of study.
Examples
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I am in a small university with a supportive administration, not a huge multiversity with layers of administrators.
Academic text (1991) -
Many students prefer attending a multiversity because of the extensive resources and opportunities available to them.
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Ahead of his time as ever, Jefferson was contemplating what has become known as the "multiversity."
Academic text (2002) -
It imitates the modern "multiversity" in its futile attempt to cater to any and all student needs.
Academic text (1996) -
The emphasis on marketable skills and training, rather than on education, goes back to the concept of the multiversity and gained potency each time a college added another vocational degree program.
Academic text (1998) -
The university will have been transformed into a multiversity, no longer capable of providing a universal framework that enables students to integrate a wide assortment of knowledge into a coherent whole.
Academic text (1995) -
The University of Illinois in the mid-1960s (as well as today) was an almost prototypical multiversity, with an enrollment of about 30,000 (of which about 75 percent were undergraduates).
Academic text (1993) -
The University of California is a prominent example of a multiversity, offering a wide range of programs across its multiple campuses.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people study after school and get degrees
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
multiversity = university (transparent) = multi + university
The word is a straightforward formation of 'multi-' plus 'university', so the meaning is readily recoverable from its parts.
Etymology
Multiversity comes from multi- ('many') and university, so you can imagine a single university that is made of many parts. So, a multiversity is a university system with many campuses, colleges, and research centers working together.