multilingualism
nounCA, US /mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm/
Etymology From multilingual + -ism.
1
Usually The condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages.
- This is, perhaps, where writing centers and composition studies are implicated most obviously into the conversation of language ideology, translingualism, and multilingualism.2020 October 27, Emily Bouza, Tim Cavnar, and Keli Tucker, “Translingualism: An Alternative to Restrictive Monolingual Ideologies in Writing Instruction”, in Another Word:
- Spielberg showed us, a nation historically obsessed with the idea of domination, that respect is a courageous choice and that multilingualism is our true color. It is who we are.2021 December 18, Ching Ching Tan, “Spielberg’s West Side Story shows us the value of multilingualism”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- multilingualistic
- Related terms
- bilingualism, monolingualism, trilingualism