pluralism

En français : pluralisme

1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. (countable, uncountable)
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)
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)
8. The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective. (countable, uncountable)

Pluriel pluralisms