multipolar
adjective
mul·ti·po·lar
ˌməl-tē-ˈpō-lər 
-ˌtī-
1
: having several poles (see pole entry 3)
a multipolar generator
multipolar mitoses
2
: having several dendrites
multipolar neurons
3
: characterized by more than two centers of power or interest
a multipolar world
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While no single country can replicate the sheer scale of China's recent history, their collective weight represents a new multipolar reality in energy governance.
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Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The world will look more like the brutal multipolar era of the early 20th century than like the more orderly, if still brutal, world of the 19th.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
The economic order is increasingly multipolar, and other countries have options.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
These should favor an open and secure global commons, economic arrangements that foster opportunity at home and abroad, and sovereignty—which coercive spheres of influence (masquerading as a multipolar world) profoundly threaten but which alliances enhance for all.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The world will look more like the brutal multipolar era of the early 20th century than like the more orderly, if still brutal, world of the 19th.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
The economic order is increasingly multipolar, and other countries have options.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
These should favor an open and secure global commons, economic arrangements that foster opportunity at home and abroad, and sovereignty—which coercive spheres of influence (masquerading as a multipolar world) profoundly threaten but which alliances enhance for all.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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multipolar
adjective
mul·ti·po·lar
ˌməl-ti-ˈpō-lər
-ˌtī-
-ˌtī-
1
: having several poles
multipolar mitoses
2
: having several dendrites
multipolar nerve cells
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