polycentrismn.
/ˌpɒlɪˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈsɛnˌtrɪz(ə)m/ Chiefly Politics.
In communist political theory: the belief or doctrine that each separate communist party has the right to full national autonomy and that the Soviet model need not be binding for all communist parties. Also (more generally): a situation involving several important elements or powerful parties; a system or theory having or proposing many centres or focal points.The doctrine of polycentrism was first promulgated by the Italian statesman P. Togliatti (1893–1964) in 1956.
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polycentrism1956
1956 Pacific Affairs 29 363 The Indian [Communist] Party press has reproduced most of the relevant documents on the controversy including Palmiro Togliatti's exposition of ‘polycentrism’.
1963 Spectator 28 June 829 Pelung is in effect returning to the position of support for East European polycentrism against Moscow.
1974 Times 19 Feb. (European Defence Suppl.) p. i/1 It had become commonplace to contrast the bipolarity of the past decade with the new pattern of polycentrism as developing forces in Europe, China and Japan impinged upon the distribution of world power.
1994 W. A. Bogart Courts & Country iii. 86 Fuller never offered a clear definition of polycentrism, but it seems to refer to a multifaceted issue..[where] any solution of one aspect must have ramifications for all others.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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