pluralism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   Polytheism was inherently tolerant of the worship of many gods, because no single god was thought to control all the phenomena that are vital for human life. The gods were believed to tolerate this pluralism, and several could be worshiped in the same sanctuary or addressed in the same prayer.

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time

From plural + -ism.

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