Polysystem
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A group of systems that function together as a system.
"[…] the fact that the theatre is a polysystem, which brings together signs from a variety of systems such as (as here) the costumic, the gestural, the expressive, the aural and the verbal or linguistic — to formulate its message."
Example
More examples"[…] the fact that the theatre is a polysystem, which brings together signs from a variety of systems such as (as here) the costumic, the gestural, the expressive, the aural and the verbal or linguistic — to formulate its message."
Etymology
From poly- + system.
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