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plurality
  1. (uncountable) The state of being plural.
  2. (ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.
  3. (countable) A state of being numerous.
  4. (countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.
  5. (countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.
  6. (countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
  7. (countable) A group of many entities: a large number.
  8. (countable) A group composed of more than one entity.
  9. (of spouses) Polygamy.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The purpose behind this festival is to put into focus the plurality of approaches that contemporary classical dancers embody in their work.”
      “Despite the close race, the candidate managed to secure a significant plurality of votes, ensuring a decisive victory.”
      “An active bypass circuit for use with a battery pack having a plurality of cells and method of operation thereof.”
pluralism
  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.
  4. (philosophy) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Postmodernist beliefs therefore tend to a multiculturalist pluralism and relativism.”
      “Yet religious pluralism is unavoidable because of the ineffability or complexity of God.”
      “The linchpin of my argument is the distinction between absolutism, relativism, and pluralism.”
pluralist
  1. A person who holds multiple offices, especially a clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
  2. An advocate of pluralism (in all senses)
plural
  1. (grammar) The plural number.
  2. (grammar) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
pluralizer
  1. A pluralist; a clergyman who holds multiple offices.
pluralisability
  1. Alternative spelling of pluralizability
pluralizability
  1. The state or condition of being pluralizable.
pluralisation
  1. Alternative spelling of pluralization
  2. Examples:
    1. “As socioeconomic transformation deepens, the pluralisation of economic and social interests has become a fact in China.”
      “This was a necessary response to the pluralisation of patterns of social and family life.”
      “Indeed this is not helped by the unprecedented process of pluralisation and fragmentation of religious authority, comparable to that initiated by the Protestant Reformation.”
pluralization
  1. The act of making plural.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In all these areas, the increasing pluralization of values, lifestyles, intellectual frameworks, and cultural traditions was intense.”
      “Accordingly, we should not predict that globalization and pluralization will generate a wholly secular world.”
      “Hence it takes account of social science knowledge about the pluralization of areas of knowledge and opinions in society.”
pluriformity
  1. (rare) plurality
pluralisations
  1. plural of pluralisation
  2. Examples:
    1. “This pyramid included five plurals, two of which were straight pluralisations of the adjacent word.”
pluralizations
  1. plural of pluralization
pluralizers
  1. plural of pluralizer
pluralisms
  1. plural of pluralism
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The maintenance of equilibrium between limited pluralisms limits the effectiveness of the mobilization and can lead to apathy.”
      “Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.”
      “He never intended his multifaceted analysis to be set up as the one and only, the pluralism to end all pluralisms.”
pluralists
  1. plural of pluralist
pluralities
  1. plural of plurality
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In Geneva County, Graves and Black both won pluralities, receiving 927 and 980 first-choice votes respectively.”
      “In 41, pluralities wanted NATO troops out as soon as possible.”
plurals
  1. plural of plural
  2. Examples:
    1. “The ending is after all where most of the subtle action tends to be, with your verb endings, plurals and suchlike.”
      “This difference between the two constructions follows from the fact that bare plurals, but not indefinite singulars, are acceptable topics.”
      “The reason why we use those words is because moose has an Algonquin word root and goose has a Germanic word root so the plurals are different.”
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