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pluralism.

The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.

    countable · uncountable
  6. The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.

    countable · uncountable
  7. The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.

    countable · uncountable
  8. The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English plural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pluralism From plural + -ism.

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