pluralism

Definitions

• The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
• (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
• (sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
• (politics) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
• (politics) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
• (law) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
• (philosophy) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.