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Definition of "multipolar" [mul•ti•po•lar]

  • Having or conceiving multiple centers of power or influence: a multipolar world; a multipolar approach to foreign policy. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "multipolar" in a sentence
  • "The 'decade of disorder' perhaps, reflecting the fragmentation of power into what historians of the present call a multipolar world."
  • "Mr. Sarkozy said Monday he would recommend fostering a more "multipolar" currency system, in which the dollar retains a "prominent" role but which lets other currencies emerge."
  • "Mr. Sarkozy believes that fostering a more "multipolar" currency system will also help address the increasing thirst of fast-growing emerging nations for reserve assets, which the dollar alone can't quench."