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The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. / (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

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pluralism

Noun

countable uncountable

The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. / (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

Japanese Meaning

複数である状態、または複数の存在・性質を有すること / 宗教的文脈では、複数の聖職または教区（ ecclesiastical living ）を同時に保持している状態

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In grammar, pluralism describes the state in which a word appears in the plural rather than the singular.

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文法では、複数であることは語が単数ではなく複数として用いられることを指す。

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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.

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(ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

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(sociology) 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.

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(politics) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.

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(politics) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.

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(law) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.

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(philosophy) 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 brin us closer to a higher telos in history.

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