pluralism

[ US /ˈpɫʊɹəˌɫɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /plˈɔːɹəlˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
  2. the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time
  3. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
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How To Use pluralism In A Sentence

  • Institutions for change Rural development demands institutional pluralism and democratic participation.
  • Moral pluralism asserts the existence of a multitude of incompatible but morally valuable forms of life.
  • But a healthy society requires a pluralism of leadership groups with different values, different priorities, different "styles. MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices
  • Extreme assertions of diversity, such as Kallen's, imply a kind of racial or ethnic essentialism and separatism, not merely cultural pluralism.
  • The overall social and political project is the creation of a harmonious, democratic cultural pluralism, a healthy cultural diversity.
  • Philosophically, pluralism rests on the assumption that ultimate reality is many, multiple, that is, more than one or two.
  • It attempts to provide a positive cultural sheen to this crisis, re-presenting the lack of common identity as a new cultural pluralism, and the fragmentation of communities as an enriching kind of diversity.
  • The second mechanism by which ethnic pluralism theoretically limits democracy is by tyranny of the majority.
  • If we must choose between a society that is in fact liberal and an illiberal society that scrupulously avoids formal racial criteria, we can hardly appeal to the ideals of liberal pluralism to prefer the latter.
  • My book argues for pluralism in which classical absolute claims are upheld but their limits are affirmed.
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