polycentrism

  1. Noun.  a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control.
  2. Noun.  (context, of chromosomes etc) the existence of multiple central parts.
  3. Noun.  the existence of more than one culture in a particular country or region.

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