multiversities

Variant of multiversity

noun pl. multiversities

the modern large and complex university with its many colleges, schools, extensions, etc., characteristically regarded as being impersonal, bureaucratic, etc.

Origin: multi- + (uni)versity: coined in 1957 by Arthur Bestor (1908-94), U.S. historian

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