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/plˈɔːɹəlˌɪst/
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NOUN
- a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature
- a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
- someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society
How To Use pluralist In A Sentence
- It is Faur's contention that the Kabbalist rabbis, seen through the filter of the vertical model, transform the Talmudic tradition -- based on a pluralistic dialogue and formal legal strictures -- into an occult hermeticism creating a Judaism that is sealed off from critical reading and rational science. David Shasha: Two Models of Jewish Tradition: Vertical-Hierarchical and Horizontal Pluralist
- Pluralists have even tried to adapt Schumpeter's account, but have neglected his strong elitist account of input politics.
- More importantly, the practice allows the creation of a pluralistic culture.
- An ethics based on this undertanding focuses not on rationally finding, mapping, and teaching the real nature of reality, nor on pluralistically respecting irreconcilable differences while recognizing a simultaneous unity, but instead on drawing connections between different methods of making meaning and on coordinating the actions of people using different conceptual frameworks. Karl Higley - Spirit, Kosmos, Essence
- What you are putting forward is a pluralistic, 'there is no real right and wrong' sort of view.
- Perhaps the only firm conclusion to emerge from this continuing debate is the recognition that the literary scene has become pluralistic.
- As New Labour has proven, these are not the types of politicians who are natural pluralists ready to reinforce democratic citizenship.
- People speak readily of the untended wounds of the dead, but practice silence on the topic of the peaceful, pluralistically driven, and loving Muslims who are seeking to build this center of community. Grant Brooke, M.Div.: Hindsight: Burying the Ghost of Ground Zero
- Other terms for this ontology are pluralistic realism and transcendental realism.
- Reconstructing new filial duty of pluralistic society and emphasizing that it is possible to open up to Christianity.