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Definition of "pluralistic" [pluralistic]

  • Of or relating to social or philosophical pluralism. (adjective)
  • Having multiple aspects or parts: "the idea that intelligence is a pluralistic quality that ... varies in many dimensions among individuals” ( Richard A. Knox). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pluralistic" in a sentence
  • "But at the end of the day they are but raw materials to feed a much broader process — and it is this process, with its combination of vision, leadership and effective communications and consensus building in pluralistic democratic societies of great diversity of habits, views and interests, that will make it work."
  • "Because of what social psychologists call pluralistic ignorance."
  • "Many persons would refuse to call the pluralistic scheme religious at all."