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plu·ral·ism
 pluralism
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- pronunciation:
- pluh
r
lih
zm
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
in philosophy, the theory that reality comprises more than one basic substance or principle. (Cf. dualism, monism.)
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| definition 2: |
the coexistence of distinct cultural, ethnic, or religious groups within a single society.
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| definition 3: |
a national policy favoring the coexistence of a variety of cultural, ethnic, or religious groups.
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| definition 4: |
the condition, state, or quality of being plural.
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adjective + (n.)pluralism
civic,
competitive,
conceptual,
contemporary,
corporate,
cultural,
democratic,
denominational,
discursive,
ethnic,
genuine,
geopolitical,
growing,
historical,
ideological,
increasing,
institutional,
intellectual,
liberal,
limited,
managed,
methodological,
modern,
moral,
multicultural,
normative,
organizational,
political,
postwar,
racial,
radical,
religious,
secular,
theological,
theoretical,
tolerant,
voluntary
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verb + (n.)pluralism
accept, acknowledge, affirm, celebrate, defend, embrace, favor, foster, imply, permit, preserve, promote, recognize, reject, root
(n.)pluralism
+ verb
challenge, characterize, constitute, criticize, demand, emphasize, entail, envision, prevail, respect, shape, undermine
noun + (n.)pluralism
accommodation,
advocate,
challenge,
claim,
commitment,
concept,
conception,
consciousness,
context,
contrast,
culture,
democracy,
dissent,
distinction,
diversity,
framework,
globalization,
ideal,
immigration,
implication,
individualist,
intolerance,
liberalism,
meaning,
minimum,
notion,
participation,
philosophy,
preservation,
principle,
provision,
recognition,
rise,
tradition,
transition,
understanding,
universalism,
value
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| derivations: |
pluralistic (adj.), pluralistically (adv.), pluralist (n.) |
The word pluralism
contains the following parts:
plu, plur
Latin
root
that means more
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
-ism2
Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means doctrine, belief, theory
More about this word part:
The suffix -ism2 has the same origin as -ism1 but attaches to bases of diverse origins to form nouns denoting doctrines, beliefs, or theories. In the growing group of words modeled on the word "racism
," -ism
means "bias based on," as in "sexism
" and "ageism
." The majority of nouns ending in -ism2 have a corresponding adjective and noun form ending in -ist.
Example words:
ageism, capitalism, chauvinism, communism, environmentalism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, feminism, materialism, monotheism, patriotism, pluralism, polytheism, racism, realism, sexism, socialism, theism
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