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.
The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
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.
From plural + -ism.
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