pluralistic

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Etymology

Etymology tree

English plural

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English -istic

English pluralistic

From plural + -istic.

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Adjective

pluralistic (comparative more pluralistic, superlative most pluralistic)

1. Characteristic of pluralism.

   Antonym: unpluralistic

   • 1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 255:

     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.

Derived terms

• antipluralistic
• hyperpluralistic
• nonpluralistic
• pluralistically
• pluralistic ignorance

Translations

characteristic of pluralism

• Catalan: pluralista
• Czech: pluralistický
• Finnish: moniarvoinen
• French: pluraliste (fr)
• Galician: pluralista
• German: pluralistisch (de)
• Indonesian: pluralistis (id), pluralistik
• Irish: iolraíoch
• Italian: pluralista
• Polish: pluralistyczny
• Portuguese: pluralista
• Spanish: pluralista