pluralism
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pluralism (plural pluralisms)
- The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
- The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
- In social sciences, a social system based on mutual respect for each other's cultures among various groups that make up a society, wherein subordinate groups do not have to forsake their lifestyle and traditions but, rather, can express their culture and participate in the larger society free of prejudice.
- 2007, Matthias Koenig, Paul F. A. Guchteneire, Unesco, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies, page 251:
- Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.
- 2007, Matthias Koenig, Paul F. A. Guchteneire, Unesco, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies, page 251:
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quality or state of being plural
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state of pluralist
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social system based on mutual respect for each other's cultures among various groups
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- pluralism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
