multilingualism

[muhl-tee-ling-gwuhl-iz-uhm, muhl-tahy-]

noun

1. the state or condition of being multilingual.

2. a policy or approach that promotes the use of multiple languages.

Example Sentences

The exhibition aims to generate further reflections on endangered heritages, fragmented and shared identities and collective memory as well as helping us get a better grasp of multilingualism, localised experiences, intergenerational stories of co-existence and displacement, diasporic selves and language loss, and alternative modalities of being and belonging both in Greece and Turkey.

From Science Daily

But he adds that "It's imperative to understand that language acquisition extends beyond mere communication. While technology facilitates instantaneous translation, it it influences how we think by streamlining our interaction into binary comprehensions — either/or scenarios — potentially diminishing nuanced thinking facilitated by multilingualism."

From Salon

"As the world becomes more globalized, we're actually seeing more language revitalization, which far from promoting cultural isolation, encourages multilingualism. It's about more languages, not fewer."

From Salon

Education Minister Abdelkrim Belabed said that no languages were being “targeted” in Algeria and noted that multilingualism was among the education system’s major achievements.

From Washington Times

In the human experience, multilingualism is not noise, it is the signal.

From Washington Post