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pluralistic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Characteristic of pluralism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpluralistic

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a pluralistic culture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English plural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English pluralistic From plural + -istic.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: pluralista — characteristic of pluralism
  • Czech: pluralistický — characteristic of pluralism
  • Finnish: moniarvoinen — characteristic of pluralism
  • French: pluraliste — characteristic of pluralism
  • Galician: pluralista — characteristic of pluralism
  • German: pluralistisch — characteristic of pluralism
  • Indonesian: pluralistis — characteristic of pluralism
  • Indonesian: pluralistik — characteristic of pluralism
  • Irish: iolraíoch — characteristic of pluralism
  • Italian: pluralista — characteristic of pluralism
  • Polish: pluralistyczny — characteristic of pluralism
  • Portuguese: pluralista — characteristic of pluralism
  • Spanish: pluralista — characteristic of pluralism