English

Noun

pluralism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pluralisms)

1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
2. (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
3. (social sciences) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
   • 2007, Matthias Koenig; Paul F. A. Guchteneire, Unesco, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies‎, page 251:

     Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.

Synonyms

• (ecclesiastical): plurality

Related terms

• plural
• pluralist
• pluralistic

Translations

References

• pluralism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Guy Ankerl: Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations: Arabo-Muslim, Bhrati, Chinese, and Western. INUPress, Geneva, 2000 ISBN 2-88155-004-5