Pluralistic

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of pluralism.

    "In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism wordnet

Synonyms

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absoluteamalgamatedambiguousambivalentamphibiousaristocratic

Example

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"People gratuitously making fools out of themselves is a consequence of a pluralistic and permissive society."

Etymology

From plural + -istic.

Related phrases

pluralistic ignorance

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