Pluralism denotes a diversity of views or stands rather than a single approach or method. Pluralism or pluralist may refer to:

Politics and law

* Pluralism (political philosophy), the acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems * Pluralism (political theory), belief that there should be diverse and competing centres of power in society *

Legal pluralism Legal pluralism is the existence of multiple legal systems within one society and/or geographical area. Plural legal systems are particularly prevalent in former colonies, where the law of a former colonial authority may exist alongside more tradi ...

, the existence of differing legal systems in a population or area *

Pluralist democracy A pluralist democracy describes a political system where there is more than one center of power. Modern Democracy, democracies are by definition Pluralism (political theory), pluralist as democracies allow freedom of association. However, plurali ...

, a political system with more than one center of power

Philosophy

* Pluralism (philosophy), a doctrine according to which many basic substances make up reality *

Pluralist school Pre-Socratic philosophy, also known as early Greek philosophy, is ancient Greek philosophy before Socrates. Pre-Socratic philosophers were mostly interested in cosmology, the beginning and the substance of the universe, but the inquiries of thes ...

, a Greek school of pre-Socratic philosophers * Epistemological pluralism or methodological pluralism, the view that some phenomena require multiple methods to account for their nature * Value pluralism, the idea that several values may be equally correct and yet in conflict with each other

Religion

* Religious pluralism, the acceptance of all religious paths as equally valid, promoting coexistence * Holding multiple ecclesiastical offices; see "Pluralism" at

Benefice A benefice () or living is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The Roman Empire used the Latin term as a benefit to an individual from the Empire for services rendered. Its use was adopted by ...

Pluralism Project Diana L. Eck (born 1945 in Bozeman, Montana, Bozeman, Montana) is a scholar of religious studies who is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, as well as a former faculty dean of Lowell House and the Director ...

, a Harvard-affiliated project on religious diversity in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

Other uses

* Cosmic pluralism, the belief in numerous other worlds beyond the Earth, which may possess the conditions suitable for life * Cultural pluralism, when small groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities *

Media pluralism Media pluralism defines the state of having a plurality of voices, opinions, and analyses in media systems (internal pluralism) or the coexistence of different and diverse types of medias and media support (external pluralism). Media pluralism i ...

, the representation of different cultural groups and political opinions in the media *

Pluralist commonwealth The term pluralist commonwealth refers to a systemic model of wealth democratization supported and facilitated by a variety of different institutional forms. Political economist and historian Gar Alperovitz is generally credited for the development ...

, a systemic model of wealth democratization * Pluralism in economics, a campaign to enrich the academic discipline of economics

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