ALL meanings of pluralism
plu·ral·ism
P p - noun pluralism Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements. 1
- noun pluralism Ecclesiastical. the holding by one person of two or more offices at the same time. plurality (def 7a). 1
- noun pluralism Sociology. cultural pluralism. 1
- noun pluralism state or quality of being plural. 1
- noun pluralism social diversity 1
- noun pluralism belief: dualism 1
- noun pluralism holding more than one church office 1
- uncountable noun pluralism If there is pluralism within a society, it has many different groups and political parties. 0
- noun pluralism the holding by a single person of more than one ecclesiastical benefice or office 0
- noun pluralism a theory of society as several autonomous but interdependent groups which either share power or continuously compete for power 0
- noun pluralism the existence in a society of groups having distinctive ethnic origin, cultural forms, religions, etc 0
- noun pluralism 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 0
- noun pluralism the metaphysical doctrine that reality consists of more than two basic types of substance 0
- noun pluralism the metaphysical doctrine that reality consists of independent entities rather than one unchanging whole 0
- noun pluralism the quality or condition of being plural, or of existing in more than one part or form 0
- noun pluralism the holding by one person of more than one office or church benefice at the same time 0
- noun pluralism the existence within a nation or society of groups distinctive in ethnic origin, cultural patterns, religion, or the like 0
- noun pluralism a policy of favoring the preservation of such groups within a given nation or society 0
- noun pluralism the theory that reality is composed of a multiplicity of ultimate beings, principles, or substances 0