- Philosophy.
- a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle.
- a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- Ecclesiastical.
- the holding by one person of two or more offices at the same time.
- plurality (def. 7a).
- cultural pluralism.
- state or quality of being plural.
- the holding by a single person of more than one ecclesiastical benefice or office
- a theory of society as several autonomous but interdependent groups which either share power or continuously compete for power
- the existence in a society of groups having distinctive ethnic origin, cultural forms, religions, etc
- a theory that views the power of employers as being balanced by the power of trade unions in industrial relations such that the interests of both sides can be catered for
- philosophy
- the metaphysical doctrine that reality consists of more than two basic types of substance
- the metaphysical doctrine that reality consists of independent entities rather than one unchanging whole
