pluralismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈplʊə.rə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˈplʊr.əl.ɪ.zəm/the existence of different types of people, who have different beliefs and opinions, within the same society:
After years of state control, the country is now moving towards political/religious/cultural pluralism.
the belief that the existence of different types of people within the same society is a good thing:
They are committed to human rights and pluralism.
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Society - general words
- amenity
- civilization
- civilized
- consumer society
- dystopia
- facility
- hunter-gatherer
- pluralist
- secularize
- social
- social engineering
- society
- socio-
- sociocultural
- sociolinguistic
- sociolinguistics
- sociological
- superstructure
- uncivilized
- utility
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