Pluralism

n. holding of more than one office; principle of communal life; state of being more than one

Pluralism is used, often in different ways, across a wide range of topics: Scientific pluralism, the view that some phenomena observed in science require multiple explanations to account for their naturePluralism (political philosophy), the acknowledgment of diversityPluralism (political theory), holds that political power in society does not lie with the electorate but is distributed among a wide number of groupsPluralism (philosophy), entirely unrelated positions in metaphysics and epistemologyValue pluralism, the idea that there are several values which may be equally correct and fundamental, and yet in conflict with each otherCosmic pluralism, the belief in numerous other worlds beyond the Earth which harbour extraterrestrial lifeReligious pluralism, a loosely defined term concerning peaceful relations between different religionsCultural pluralism, when small groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identitiesEconomic pluralism, the diversity of business sizes, types, and industriesLegal pluralism, allows for moral laws that are unwritten as formal lawsIn art, the art of the current period where every style is practiced, characterizing late 20th and early 21st century Contemporary artIn the sense of holding multiple ecclesiastical offices, see beneficePluralist School, a Greek school of pre-Socratic philosophers
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Noun
1. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
(hypernym) doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

(n.)
The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
  

(n.)
The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
  

1970 - 1980 term for the philosophical approach to multiculturalism, promoting the variety of styles as vigorous elements of post modernism 

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