pluralism
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- noun
- /ˈplʊrəlɪzəm/
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pluralismo
- In a society that embraces pluralism, people from various backgrounds can coexist peacefully.
- cultural pluralism
- religious pluralism
- political pluralism
Can democracy be enriched or destroyed by pluralism?
- Can democracy be enriched or destroyed by pluralism?
- He has been God's gift to broad mindedness, tolerance and pluralism in politics.
- And ideally is set within a ethos of cosmopolitanism and pluralism and tolerance.
- But you know, Southern is a black and white and Hispanic and Asian and every kind of element of American pluralism today.
- Well, I would strongly agree that pluralism is a subject that is taught.
- And I made a distinction between pluralism and purism that seems to capture a lot of what's going on.
- And I don't know, you know, whether this is really the case, but I, I think that it's, it's much less common now, you know, that there is some, some recognition of pluralism.
Examples
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Coming to terms with genuine pluralism is the most important agenda facing religious leaders.
Academic text (1999) -
The documents on religious pluralism from the Second Vatican Council also make such an attempt.
Academic text (1999) -
It's really about fighting for pluralism, like religious pluralism.
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Well, I would strongly agree that pluralism is a subject that is taught.
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Why has a country so rooted in pluralism made so little of religious freedom?
Academic text (2008) -
Studying the prospects for pluralism is the work of the Pluralism Project, and I invite you to join us.
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One aspect of this diversity was the ethnic pluralism generated by waves of immigration.
Academic text (2013) -
In its place, we find a ringing endorsement of democratic pluralism and all that it implies.
Academic text (1990) -
James Gustafson has written a helpful essay on the problem of pluralism in the social sciences.
Academic text (1990) -
I've come to see the value of religious pluralism prescribed in the Holy Quran as God speaks to us.
Synonyms
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A belief or policy that people from different cultures live together with equal rights
A society where different cultural groups keep their own traditions
Antonyms
How Inclusive
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pluralism comes from plural ('more than one') and -ism ('a system or belief'). So pluralism describes a society that accepts and keeps many different racial, religious, or cultural groups.