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pluralism Definition

plural·ism (plo̵or′ə liz′əm)

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being plural, or of existing in more than one part or form
  2. the holding by one person of more than one office or church benefice at the same time
    1. the existence within a nation or society of groups distinctive in ethnic origin, cultural patterns, religion, or the like
    2. a policy of favoring the preservation of such groups within a given nation or society
  4. Philos. the theory that reality is composed of a multiplicity of ultimate beings, principles, or substances

pluralism Related Forms
plu′ral·ist noun, adjective plu′ral·is′·tic adjective plu′ral·is′·ti·cally adverb
pluralism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • embrace: International agreements will fail to deliver unless they embrace pluralism.
  • promote: At the same time, they are a convenient channel through which offical agencies can promote political pluralism.
  • accept: But does this mean therefore that Newbigin accepts the radical pluralism of postmodernity?
  • support: Why is it important to support functional pluralism for local government?
  • enhance: In addition each of us can help enhance pluralism in our own personal, professional and institutional domains.

Preposition: at

  • level: A different electoral system would increase the degree of pluralism at a ward level.

Adjective modifier

  • genic: The other major form of critique of genic pluralism is based on arguments concerning the causal structure of selective episodes.
  • religious: The myth of religious pluralism What do these figures tell us about Britain?
  • methodological: He argues for a methodological pluralism in the present.
  • cultural: Having examined attitudes to contact, we now turn to attitudes to cultural pluralism.
  • democratic: So much, then, for the image marketed in the west of the Kurdish enclave as an oasis of democratic pluralism.
  • liberal: Initial critical reaction to Walcott's play has suggested that it is an example of multiculturalism or of liberal pluralism in action.

Noun used with modifier

  • medium: Media pluralism is essential for such freedom to exist.
  • value: I will call the argument from relativism to epistemic value pluralism the trivial argument for epistemic value pluralism.

Preposition: in

  • ownership: For them pluralism in ownership of the media was a welcome development.
  • society: Today, Europe is confronted with a crucial question: How to ensure freedom of the media and pluralism in a democratic society?

Preposition: of

  • culture: In terms of the great problems of our day we cannot ignore the pluralism of culture, of religion and politics.
  • society: Devolution helps to give shape to the pluralism of British society.
  • medium: Diversity and pluralism of media within society is essential not only to healthy societies but also, ultimately, to healthy economies.
pluralism Quotes

Pluralismöthat is, the conception that there are many different ends that men may seek and still be fully rational, fully men, capable of understanding each other and sympathising and deriving light from each other.

—Berlin, Sir Isaiah