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I think it is quite remarkable actually that Pope Benedict has a sense of the variety of ways in which it is possible to be a Catholic. I think he is more comfortable with a plurality of expressions of Catholicism in different rites, traditions than many of us are.
Vincent Nichols

Meaning of "plurality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLURALITY

plurality  [plʊəˈrælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLURALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plurality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLURALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plurality

Plurality can refer to: ▪ Plural, in linguistics ▪ Plurality opinion, in a decision by a multi-member court, an opinion held by more judges than any other but not by an overall majority ▪ Plurality, the most votes for any choice in an election, but not necessarily a majority ▪ Plurality voting system, also called "first past the post" ▪ Plurality-at-large voting, commonly referred to as block voting or bloc voting ▪ Plurality, Israeli startup ▪ Plurality, a type of Christian church polity ▪ Plurality, ancient Greek pluralist philosophers in ontological pluralism ▪ Plurality, one of the "twelve pure concepts of the understanding" proposed by Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason ▪ Plurality, the phenomenon that the same tone or chord can function differently in different tonal contexts ▪ Plurality, the holding of more than one benefice ▪ Cornering the market, holding a plurality of market share...

Definition of plurality in the English dictionary

The first definition of plurality in the dictionary is the state of being plural or numerous. Other definition of plurality is a number greater than one. Plurality is also the excess of votes or seats won by the winner of an election over the runner-up when no candidate or party has more than 50 per cent British equivalent: relative majority.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLURALITY


amorality
ˌeɪməˈrælɪtɪ
balmorality
ˌbælməˈrælɪtɪ
chirality
kaɪˈrælɪtɪ
collaterality
kəlætəˈrælɪtɪ
corporality
ˌkɔːpəˈrælɪtɪ
generality
ˌdʒɛnəˈrælɪtɪ
gutturality
ˌɡʌtəˈrælɪtɪ
immorality
ˌɪməˈrælɪtɪ
laterality
ˌlætəˈrælɪtɪ
liberality
ˌlɪbəˈrælɪtɪ
literality
ˌlɪtəˈrælɪtɪ
literalness
ˌlɪtəˈrælɪtɪ
morality
məˈrælɪtɪ
orality
ɔːˈrælɪtɪ
peripherality
pəˌrɪfəˈrælɪtɪ
preternaturality
ˌpriːtəˌnætʃəˈrælɪtɪ
rurality
rʊəˈrælɪtɪ
spirality
spaɪəˈrælɪtɪ
temporality
ˌtɛmpəˈrælɪtɪ
unmorality
ˌʌnməˈrælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLURALITY

plural
plural voting
pluralisation
pluralise
pluraliser
pluralism
pluralist
pluralistic
pluralistically
pluralities
pluralization
pluralize
pluralizer
plurally
pluriliteral
plurilocular
pluripara
pluriparae
pluripotent
pluripresence

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLURALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
confidentiality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
hospitality
in reality
inequality
locality
mortality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
reality
sexuality
speciality
spirituality

Synonyms and antonyms of plurality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLURALITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plurality» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of plurality

Translation of «plurality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLURALITY

Find out the translation of plurality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plurality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plurality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多个
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pluralidad
570 millions of speakers

English

plurality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعددية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

множество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pluralidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহুবচন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pluralité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pluralidad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pluralität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pluralitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phần đông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்முக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çoğunluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pluralità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiele
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безліч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pluralitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πληθώρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pluraliteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flertal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flertall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plurality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLURALITY»

The term «plurality» is very widely used and occupies the 22.564 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLURALITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plurality

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7 QUOTES WITH «PLURALITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plurality.
1
Irving Babbitt
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
2
Gavyn Davies
Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences, all seeking to do the same thing. The future would be one of fragmentation - fragmentation without either plurality or diversity.
3
Ma Jian
To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.
4
Ma Jian
My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.
5
Vincent Nichols
I think it is quite remarkable actually that Pope Benedict has a sense of the variety of ways in which it is possible to be a Catholic. I think he is more comfortable with a plurality of expressions of Catholicism in different rites, traditions than many of us are.
6
William of Occam
Plurality should not be posited without necessity.
7
David Puttnam
What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLURALITY»

Discover the use of plurality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plurality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On the Plurality of Worlds
This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds.
David Lewis, 2001
2
Plurality of Worlds: The Origins of the Extraterrestrial ...
This book analyses the debate over extraterrestrial life from Aristotle to Kant.
Steven J. Dick, 1984
3
Plurality and Ambiguity: Hermeneutics, Religion, Hope
In Plurality and Ambiguity, David Tracy lays the philosophical groundwork for a practical application of hermeneutics, while constructing an innovative model of theological interpretation developed out of the notions of conversation and ...
David Tracy, 1994
4
Plurality and Christian Ethics
Ian Markham challenges this secularist argument. In the first half of the book, he advances a careful critique of European culture which exposes the problem of plurality.
Ian S. Markham, 1994
5
On the Plurality of Actual Worlds
The postmodern condition is often associated with metaphysical relativism; the suspicion that others live in different worlds and that there are many actual worlds and truths.
Andrew L. Blais, 1997
6
Verbal Plurality and Distributivity
This volume brings together novel analyses of verbal plurality and distributivity.
Patricia Cabredo Hofherr, Brenda Laca, 2012
7
Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China: Plurality and Synthesis
Any serious scholar or practitioner will want to read and reread this groundbreaking volume."--Ted J. Kaptchuk, author of "The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine"
Volker Scheid, 2002
8
Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality: Issues in ...
Plurality The background to the above developments was both the secularization debate, and the direct experience of an increasing religious and cultural diversity. In recent times, the complexity of the issues concerning plurality has become ...
Robert Jackson, 2013
9
Duverger's Law of Plurality Voting: The Logic of Party ...
Considers national-level evidence for the operation of Duverger's law in the world's largest, longest-lived and most successful democracies of Britain, Canada, India and the US. This book looks at the overall evidence for Duverger's Law in ...
Bernard Grofman, André Blais, Shaun Bowler, 2009
10
Rethinking the Gospel Sources
This work examines three disputed issues in the study of Q, the hypothetical source common to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: its existence; its unity as a document; and the plurality of its wording.
Delbert Royce Burkett, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLURALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plurality is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cheers of 'Hail Satan' As Satanic Temple Unveils Baphomet …
... but whether the goat-headed sculpture is a monument to darkness or a celebration of religious liberty and plurality depends on who you ask. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
2
Poll: Disaffected GOP largely backs Trump
More than half of Republican voters don't believe Washington politicians represent their views, and a plurality of those voters want Donald ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
3
The politics of the Iran nuclear deal are fascinating, messy, and …
A Pew Research Center survey last week showed a plurality opposes the agreement. But the same Economist/YouGov poll found that although ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
4
Federal Court Urges SCOTUS to Use Fetal Heartbeat as Abortion …
By 1992, a plurality opinion of the Supreme Court in the Casey case had rejected the trimester test because it failed to “fulfill Roe's own promise ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
5
As voters cool, Hillary tries global warming gambit
Democrats may tout polls that show a plurality of adults now believe in man-made global warming, it's a loser with middle-class families in ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
6
Doug Camilli: Adman who inspired Mad Men pitches a new series
The goat-headed statue, which allegedly cost $100,000, “is not only an unparalleled artistic triumph, but stands as a testament to plurality,” says ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
7
McConnell Senate Fails to Repeal Obamacare Yet Again
As many predicted, the procedural vote to repeal Obamacare received only a 49-43 plurality, well short of the 60-vote supermajority needed to ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
8
Patent Focus for July 27: recent local patents awarded
Display tray for displaying a plurality of containers; (U.S. Patent 9,078,533); Christopher J. Hession of Richmond; Altria Client Services Inc.: A ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
9
Hoarders Once Again
The cash buildups occurred despite a small plurality of respondents telling the AFP last quarter that they expected their cash holdings to drop in ... «CFO, Jul 15»
10
A new paradigm of Muslim politics?
... and to focus on rights instead of duties, plurality instead of singular authority, historicity rather than fixed and rigid interpretation of scriptures, ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Plurality [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/plurality>. May 2024 ».
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