pluriverse

Noun

pluriverse (plural pluriverses)

1. The world, considered as lacking uniformity.
   • In which case we shall have some grounds for asserting that ours is a cyclic infinite pluriverse containing denumerably many Spaces.1964, José Amado Benardete, Infinity: An Essay in Metaphysics, page 151
   • But I shall not speculate about sources; suffice it to say that, as I read these essays, when I conceive of the table as having atoms scattered through it, those atoms are also part of the pluriverse.1993, Robert W. Burch, Herman J. Saatkamp, Frontiers in American Philosophy - Volume 1, page 20
2. A set of all possible universes.
   • My account of worlds so far does not allow for the possibility of many universes within a single pluriverse.2007, Dean Zimmerman, Oxford Studies in Metaphysics:Volume 3, page 84
   • Instead, it develops a semantics of counterfactual propositions, opening up onto a pluriverse of alternative event-contingent worlds. If x were to occur, what world would we be living in?2012, D. Savat, Uncoding the Digital: Technology, Subjectivity and Action in the Control Society, →ISBN
3. The plurality of economic systems in the world, and the reaction between them.
4. (broadly) Any large non-homogenous domain.
   • Or about re-encountering and understanding afresh the profound relevance of Illich's insights at the grassroots, in the pluriverse of millions of peoples decried and denigrated as "uneducated" and "illiterate"?2002, Lee Hoinacki, Carl Mitcham, The Challenges of Ivan Illich: A Collective Reflection, →ISBN, page 141
   • In the end it has left actors with the suggestion that they be mindful of the repercussions of their actions in a grand normative pluriverse.2012, Ingo Venzke, How Interpretation Makes International Law, →ISBN