pluralism

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

2. 2

   The state of a pluralist

   The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

3. 3

   A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual…

   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.
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   1. 4

      The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.

   2. 5

      The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.

   3. 6

      The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.

   4. 7

      The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.

      • Due to pluralism and conflicts within the good itself, such perfection, for Berlin, is not possible. A compromise does not bring us closer to a higher telos in history.
      • Pluralism is a creative force because it admits of multiple ways to see a thing, multiple valuable paths to choose from.
   5. 8

      The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.

The neighborhood

• synonymplurality
• neighborplural
• neighborpluralist
• neighborpluralistic