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pluralist

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pluralist

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n
someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society
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n
a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
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n
a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pluralist
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n someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society

Type of:
liberal, liberalist, progressive
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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n a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time

Type of:
churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic
a clergyman or other person in religious orders
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n a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature

Type of:
philosopher
a specialist in philosophy
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