pluralism

English Thesaurus

1. the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pattern, practice,
definition	:	a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)

2. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought,
definition	:	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school (noun.cognition)

3. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated (noun.group)

hypernym	:	social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure,
definition	:	the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships (noun.group)

4. the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time (noun.act)

derivation	:	pluralist,
definition	:	a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time (noun.person)

5. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements (noun.cognition)

antonym	:	monism,
definition	:	the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	pluralist,
definition	:	a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature (noun.person)

derivation	:	pluralistic,
definition	:	of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism (adj.pert)

6. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated (noun.group)

derivation	:	pluralist,
definition	:	someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society (noun.person)

derivation	:	pluralistic,
definition	:	of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism (adj.pert)

7. the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time (noun.act)

derivation	:	pluralist,
definition	:	a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time (noun.person)

8. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements (noun.cognition)

antonym	:	monism,
definition	:	the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	pluralist,
definition	:	a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature (noun.person)

derivation	:	pluralistic,
definition	:	of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism (adj.pert)

9. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated (noun.group)

derivation	:	pluralist,
definition	:	someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society (noun.person)

derivation	:	pluralistic,
definition	:	of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism (adj.pert)