multidimensionality
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8.7
- noun
- /ˌmʌltiˌdɪˈmɛnʃənˈælɪti/
- The multidimensionality of her character made the film more engaging and relatable.
- multidimensionality of identity
- multidimensionality of the construct
- reflect the multidimensionality
Examples
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What is striking about Japan's security policy toward the Korean peninsula in the post-Cold War period is its flexibility and multidimensionality.
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The diversity of items probably also reflects Marsh and Roche's (1997) view that items on such evaluation scales should reflect the multidimensionality of effective teaching.
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The artists' multidimensionality of identity expression is significant; so too are the potential identities that the albums suggest.
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Results from all three studies confirmed the multidimensionality of the construct of risk-taking.
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There appears to be an emerging consensus about the complexity of security and the multidimensionality of migration.
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Even those studies that agreed on multidimensionality did not concur regarding the composition of the resulting dimensions.
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The multidimensional scaling lends support to the multidimensionality of risk-taking.
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Even though these theories can capture the indeterminacy and multidimensionality of geological time, Winterson only deploys them on a personal level, the level of character.
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While confirming multidimensionality, Roberts (1987) also argues that self-estrangement and powerlessness are most closely related to alienation.
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One of the main criticisms of momentum accounting is its higher level of complexity, due chiefly to its multidimensionality when compared to traditional double-entry accounting (Fraser 1993).
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.3
A group of different kinds of things
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3.5
A range of different people or things
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7.0
A large number of different things in one group
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8.4
The presence of different kinds of things or people in a group
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8.2
The number of directions needed to describe space or data, like length, width and height
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7.1
Having many parts or details that are hard to understand
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5.3
The state of having many different kinds of people or things
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8.2
A state of having many different parts or features
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7.7
A situation where something has many different forms or types
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8.3
Having many different kinds or parts
A situation in which people or things are different from each other
A state with many different kinds of things
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
multidimensionality = multidimensional (transparent) = multi + dimension + al + ity
The word is compositional and its meaning follows standard English morphology from multi- + dimension + -al + -ity, so a learner who knows the base can reasonably infer the noun meaning.
Etymology
Multidimensionality comes from multi- meaning 'many' and dimension meaning 'a side' or 'a way to look at something', as in 'three-dimensional' for height, width and depth. So, multidimensionality is the quality of having many different sides or parts to consider.