plurilocal
plurilocal adjective: existing simultaneously in multiple localities.
Adjective
plurilocal (comparative more plurilocal, superlative most plurilocal)
- Existing simultaneously in multiple localities.
- One possible answer takes into account the migration trajectories of the spouses, parents and children of the persons surveyed, as well as the qualitative material derived from biographical interviews and field work observations: a significant number of labour migrants between the Puebla region and...2004, Ludger Pries, “Transnationalism and migration: new challenges for the social sciences and education”, in Sigrid Luchtenberg, editor, Migration, Education and Change, Routledge, pages 31–2
- It also points to the construction of plurilocal communities (Rouse 1989; García-Canclini 1990; Canales and Zlolniski 2000) that exist in different places at the same time and do not need spatial proximity in order to exist (Faist 2000, 2009).2016, Millaray Villalobos, “Nomadic Artisans in Central America: Building Plurilocal Communities through Craft”, in Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, Alicia Ory Denicola, editors, Critical Craft: Technology...
Forms of plurilocal
| comparative | more plurilocal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most plurilocal |
Origin of plurilocal
From pluri- + local.
Questions about plurilocal
- What does plurilocal mean?
- Plurilocal means existing simultaneously in multiple localities.
- What part of speech is plurilocal?
- Plurilocal is an adjective.
Words near plurilocal in the dictionary
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