multiversity

American  

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

noun

plural

multiversities

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

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multiversity British  

/ ˌmʌltɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ /

noun

1. a university with many constituent and affiliated institutions

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Etymology

Origin of multiversity

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

Example Sentences

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

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

One target is today's "multiversity," with its fragmented specialists, the antithesis of Cardinal Newman's 19th century idea of the university as a seeker of wholeness.

From Time Magazine Archive

It became the country's most prominent model of what Kerr called a "multiversity," a farflung, state-supported educational emporium that served society in all sorts of ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive