multivalent
adjective
mul·ti·va·lent
ˌməl-tē-ˈvā-lənt 
-ˌtī-
-ˌtī-
especially in sense 3
ˌməl-ˈti-və-
1
2
: represented more than twice in the somatic chromosome number
multivalent chromosomes
3
: having many values, meanings, or appeals
multivalent
noun
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Corey Seymour, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Instead, their thinking goes, taking this multivalent approach should provide good protection against severe disease.
—Alice Park, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
This collection of memories — snapshots of a year in many lives — also serves as a multivalent gay history from almost a decade before Stonewall to the day before yesterday.
—Nicole Acheampong, New York Times, 26 June 2024
Taormina’s fondly multivalent, Millennial-Norman-Rockwell perspective incorporates a child’s experience of the holiday, overlaid with a teen’s and a parent’s and a grandparent’s and so on.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2024
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“Multivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multivalent. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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multivalent
1 of 2 adjective
mul·ti·va·lent
ˌməl-ti-ˈvā-lənt
-ˌtī-
-ˌtī-
1
2
: represented more than twice in the somatic chromosome number
multivalent chromosomes
multivalent
2 of 2 noun
: a multivalent group of chromosomes
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