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multiversity

American  
[muhl-ti-vur-si-tee] / ˌmʌl tɪˈvɜr sɪ ti /

noun

multiversities plural
  1. a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.


multiversity British  
/ ˌmʌltɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. a university with many constituent and affiliated institutions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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noun

Etymology

Origin of multiversity

First recorded in 1960–65; multi- + (uni)versity

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The Amber world is a multiversity of infinite possibility, where individual shadow worlds contain everything from unicorns to Sherman tanks.

From The Verge • Jul. 20, 2016

GUMMIDGE: You seek a more favorable pupil-teacher ratio, plus a decentralized learning center in the multiversity.

From Time Magazine Archive

What New York did, in 1948, was to lump every unit of public higher education in the state* into one vast multiversity.

From Time Magazine Archive

At many of these schools it is even rarer for a student to talk to a professor than it is at a U.S. multiversity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many educators regarded U.C. as the world's best public multiversity.

From Time Magazine Archive

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