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multicivilizational

multicivilizational adjective: of or pertaining to more than one civilization.

Adjective

multicivilizational (comparative more multicivilizational, superlative most multicivilizational)

  1. Of or pertaining to more than one civilization.
    • Global politics was becoming not just “multipolar” but “multicivilizational,” he argued, with competing powers modernizing along different cultural lines, not simply converging with the liberal West.2022 March 30, Ross Douthat, “Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of multicivilizational

comparativemore multicivilizational
superlativemost multicivilizational
alternative formmulticivilisational

Origin of multicivilizational

From multi- + civilizational.

Questions about multicivilizational

What does multicivilizational mean?
Multicivilizational means of or pertaining to more than one civilization.
What part of speech is multicivilizational?
Multicivilizational is an adjective.

Words near multicivilizational in the dictionary

  1. multicistronic
  2. multicitizen
  3. multicitizenship
  4. multicity
  5. multicivilization
  6. multicivilizational
  7. multiclad
  8. multiclade
  9. multiclaim
  10. multiclan
  11. multiclass

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