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Pluralism meaning in English

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Pluralism

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Noun

1. pluralism

a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated

2. pluralism

the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements

3. pluralism

the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time

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Pluralism

see synonyms of pluralism
noun
1. 
the holding by a single person of more than one ecclesiastical benefice or office
2. sociology
a theory of society as several autonomous but interdependent groups which either share power or continuously compete for power
3. 
the existence in a society of groups having distinctive ethnic origin, cultural forms, religions, etc
4. 
a theory that views the power of employers as being balanced by the power of trade unions in industrial relations such that the interests of both sides can be catered for
5. philosophy
a. 
the metaphysical doctrine that reality consists of more than two basic types of substance
Compare monism (sense 2), dualism (sense 2)
b. 
the metaphysical doctrine that reality consists of independent entities rather than one unchanging whole
Compare monism (sense 2), absolutism (sense 2b)

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Pluralism

see synonyms of pluralism
noun
1. 
the quality or condition of being plural, or of existing in more than one part or form
2. 
the holding by one person of more than one office or church benefice at the same time
3. 
a. 
the existence within a nation or society of groups distinctive in ethnic origin, cultural patterns, religion, or the like
b. 
a policy of favoring the preservation of such groups within a given nation or society
4.  Philosophy
the theory that reality is composed of a multiplicity of ultimate beings, principles, or substances
see also dualism, monism

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Pluralism

see synonyms of pluralism
n.
1. The condition of being multiple or plural.
2.
a. A condition in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups are present and tolerated within a society.
b. The belief that such a condition is desirable or socially beneficial.
3. Ecclesiastical The holding by one person of two or more positions or offices, especially two or more ecclesiastical benefices, at the same time.
4. Philosophy
a. The doctrine that reality is composed of many ultimate substances.
b. The belief that no single explanatory system or view of reality can account for all the phenomena of life.

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