multiregionalism
/ˌmʌltɪˈriːdʒ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ /ˌmʌltɪˈriːdʒ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ /ˌmʌltɪˈriːdʒən(ə)lɪz(ə)m/noun
1The fact of containing a number of distinct regions of differing character. rare.
2 Physical Anthropol. The multiregional theory of human evolution.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in American Sociological Review. From multi- + regionalism, after multiregional.
- interferingly
- interferogram
- interferogramme
- interferometer
- interferometric
- interferometrically
- interferometry
- interferon
- interfile
- interflow
- interfluve
- interfluvial
- interfuse
- interfusion
- intergalactic
- intergalactically
- intergenerational
- intergeneric
- interglacial
- intergovernmental
- intergovernmentally
- intergradation
- intergrade
- intergrow
- intergrowth