Associations to the word «Pluralism»

Wiktionary

PLURALISM, noun. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
PLURALISM, noun. (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
PLURALISM, noun. (social science) A social system based on mutual respect for each other's cultures among various groups that make up a society, wherein subordinate groups do not have to forsake their lifestyle and traditions but, rather, can express their culture and participate in the larger society free of prejudice.

Dictionary definition

PLURALISM, noun. A social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated.
PLURALISM, noun. The doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements.
PLURALISM, noun. The practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin