polycentric
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- adjective
- /ˌpɒliˈsɛntrɪk/
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policéntrico
- They are polycentric; they are said to promote respect for other cultures and for individuals.
- polycentric coalitions
- polycentric development
- polycentric theory
Examples
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Significant areas of contention limit the construction of new polycentric social-democratic development coalitions.
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From studying the nature of producing and consuming police services, we began to develop alternative predictions based on polycentric theory.
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The New Face of Social Democracy: Polycentric Development Coalitions
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An analyst using polycentric theory does not predict that there is one optimal form of organization for all metropolitan areas.
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America is too wildly various, too polycentric, to accord authority to any person, whatever his credentials.
Blog text (1) -
In discussing the implications of these constraints for potential polycentric coalitions, it is useful to consider three alternative models: the "low road," the "middle road," and the "high road."
Academic text (2000) -
Elinor Ostrom has empirically demonstrated that diverse and polycentric structures and mechanisms are much more likely to foster resilience than their opposites.
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The article concludes with an assessment of the capacity of this emerging political agenda and attendant "polycentric development coalitions" to deepen and extend democracy effectively beyond the electoral arena to include basic issues of justice and equity.
Academic text (2000) -
We will explore these opportunities by discussing a convergence between NGOs and SNOs and by evaluating the relationship between this convergence and the rise of polycentric development coalitions (PDCs).
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The region's economy benefited from the creation of a polycentric network of small businesses.
Synonyms
Happening in several different places
Antonyms
How Centralized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word polycentric comes from the Greek parts poly- meaning 'many' and -centric meaning 'center'. You can see the same poly- in polygon ('many sides'), so polycentric describes something that has more than one center, like a city with several main hubs.