pluralism

CEFRC1

/plˈʊrəˌlɪzəm/

noun

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In plain English

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noun
A situation in which different groups or ideas exist together.
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noun
Extra detail
A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.

In context

Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.
Pluralism is a creative force because it admits of multiple ways to see a thing, multiple valuable paths to choose from.
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.

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Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.
2007, Matthias Koenig with Paul F. A. Guchteneire, Unesco, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies, page 251
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.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1017
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.
2006, Connie Aarsbergen-Ligtvoet, Isaiah Berlin: A Value Pluralist and Humanist View of Human Nature and the Meaning of Live, →ISBN
Pluralism is a creative force because it admits of multiple ways to see a thing, multiple valuable paths to choose from.
2016, Stuart Firestein, Failure: Why Science is So Successful, page 217

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From plural + -ism.