pluralisms

Noun

pluralism (countable and uncountable, plural pluralisms)

1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
   • Polytheism was inherently tolerant of the worship of many gods, because no single god was thought to control all the phenomena that are vital for human life. The gods were believed to tolerate this pluralism, and several could be worshiped in the same sanctuary or addressed in the same prayer.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1017
2. The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
3. A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
   • Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.2007, Matthias Koenig with Paul F. A. Guchteneire, Unesco, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies, page 251
4. The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
5. The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
6. The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.

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