pluralism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  2. The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time. countable,uncountable
  3. A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities. countable,uncountable
    — Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.
  4. The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society. countable,uncountable
  5. The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems. countable,uncountable
  6. The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area. countable,uncountable
  7. The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  8. The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective. countable,uncountable

词形变化

pluralisms plural

词汇关系

近义词
plurality
衍生词
antipluralism ethnopluralism hyperpluralism religious pluralism strategic pluralism
相关词
plural pluralist pluralistic

词源

Etymology tree
English plural
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English pluralism
From plural + -ism.
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