MEANING
Having several distinct aspects, parts, or sides rather than just one.
Use it for
describing a problem with several interacting aspects; showing that one explanatory lens is insufficient; distinguishing a layered response from a single intervention; characterizing a person or institution without reducing it to one traitMarks several distinguishable aspects rather than using complex as an unexplained general label. Writing functions: Analysis / Interpretation, Synthesis, Qualification / Uncertainty.
Words that belong together
- a multifaceted problem
- a multifaceted approach
- a multifaceted character
On the page
The report treats displacement as a multifaceted problem involving work, housing, and social ties.
Her argument requires a multifaceted explanation rather than a single measure of income.
Word forms
- Base
- multifaceted
Usage notes
Adjective; also written multi-faceted. Natural comparison: more multifaceted, most multifaceted. No -er or -est form. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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