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Pluralism   /plˈʊrəlˌɪzəm/   Listen
Pluralism

noun
1.
A social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated.
2.
The doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements.  Antonym: monism.
3.
The practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time.





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"Pluralism" Quotes from Famous Books



... apparent relations are to be resolvable into the concurrent existence of substances with contrasted attributes. It is fairly obvious that the Leibnizian monadology is the necessary outcome of any such philosophy. If you dislike pluralism, there ...
— The Concept of Nature - The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 • Alfred North Whitehead
... based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... the admirable energy of one who is only in town for a fleeting fortnight, she raced away to have tea with a world-faring naval admirer at his club. Pluralism ...
— The Unbearable Bassington • Saki


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