Pluralist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who holds multiple offices, especially a clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
  2. 2
    someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society wordnet
  3. 3
    An advocate of pluralism (in all senses)
  4. 4
    a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature wordnet
  5. 5
    a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or related to pluralism.

    "In addition, a more pluralist system in a large diverse democracy should foster aggregation, compromise, and tolerance."

Example

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"In addition, a more pluralist system in a large diverse democracy should foster aggregation, compromise, and tolerance."

Etymology

From plural + -ist.

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