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Pluralism
noun
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Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. countable, uncountable
"Polytheism was inherently tolerant of the worship of many gods, because no single god was thought to control all the phenomena that are vital for human life. The gods were believed to tolerate this pluralism, and several could be worshiped in the same sanctuary or addressed in the same prayer."
- 2 the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time wordnet
- 3 The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time. countable, uncountable
- 4 the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements wordnet
- 5 A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities. countable, uncountable
"Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms."
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- 6 a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated wordnet
- 7 The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society. countable, uncountable
- 8 The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems. countable, uncountable
- 9 The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area. countable, uncountable
- 10 The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable. countable, uncountable
"Due to pluralism and conflicts within the good itself, such perfection, for Berlin, is not possible. A compromise does not bring us closer to a higher telos in history."
- 11 The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From plural + -ism.
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