Definition of pluralisms:
(n) :
(sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
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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.
(n) :
The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
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(ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.