Plurality may refer to:
Voting
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Plurality (voting)
A plurality vote (in American English) or relative majority (in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth) describes the circumstance when a party, candidate, or proposition polls more votes than any other but does not receive more than half of all vote ...
, or relative majority, when a given candidate receives more votes than any other but still fewer than half of the total
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Plurality voting
Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per ...
, system in which each voter votes for one candidate and the candidate with a plurality is elected
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Plurality-at-large voting
Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, block vote or block voting (BV) is a non- proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of sea ...
or block voting, system for electing several representatives from a single electoral district
Psychology and psychiatry
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Multiplicity (psychology)
Plurality or multiplicity is the psychological phenomenon in which a body can feature multiple distinct or overlapping consciousnesses, each with their own degree of individuality. This phenomenon can feature in identity disturbance, dissociative ...
, also known as plurality, where multiple consciousnesses share one body
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Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), better known as multiple personality disorder or multiple personality syndrome, is a mental disorder characterized by the presence of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.
The di ...
, dissociative disorder associated with plurality
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Other specified dissociative disorder
Other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) is a mental health diagnosis for pathological dissociation that matches the DSM-5 criteria for a dissociative disorder, but does not fit the full criteria for any of the specifically identified subtypes ...
, psychiatric diagnosis associated with plurality
Other uses
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Plurality opinion
A plurality opinion is in certain legal systems the opinion from one or more judges or justices of an appellate court which provides the rationale for the disposition of an appeal when no single opinion received the support of a majority of th ...
, in a decision by a multi-member court, an opinion held by more judges than any other but not by an overall majority
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Plurality (church governance)
Ecclesiastical polity is the operational and governance structure of a church or of a Christian denomination. It also denotes the ministerial structure of a church and the authority relationships between churches. Polity relates closely to e ...
, a type of Christian church polity in which decisions are made by a committee
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Plurality (company)
Plurality Ltd. is an Israeli semiconductor company, the developer of the HyperCore technology and the HAL (HyperCore Architecture Line) multi-core processor. The company is a member of the Multicore Association.
HyperCore
Plurality develops the ...
, an Israeli semiconductor company
* Plurality, one of the "twelve pure concepts of the understanding" proposed by Kant in his ''
Critique of Pure Reason''
* Plurality, the holding of more than one
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 ...
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Plural
The plural (sometimes abbreviated pl., pl, or ), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun typically denotes a quantity greater than the default quantity represented by that noun. This de ...
, a linguistic form commonly used to denote two or more of something
* The largest subgroup, but less than fifty percent of the total in
majority
A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from #Related terms, related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-WebsterPlurality of worlds (disambiguation) Plurality of worlds may refer to:
*Cosmic pluralism, belief in numerous "worlds" which may harbour extraterrestrial life
*''Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds'', a 1686 book by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
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Pluralism (disambiguation)
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
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Pluralism (political theory)
Classical pluralism is the view that politics and decision-making are located mostly in the framework of government, but that many non-governmental groups use their resources to exert influence. The central question for classical pluralism is ho ...
, the view that political decisions be made mostly by government but also by non-governmental groups
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Plurality of gods
In orthodox Mormonism, the term God generally refers to the biblical God the Father, whom Latter Day Saints refer to as '' Elohim'', and the term ''Godhead'' refers to a council of three distinct divine persons consisting of God the Father, Jes ...
, and understanding of God in Mormonism
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Ontological pluralism Pluralism is a term used in philosophy, meaning "doctrine of multiplicity," often used in opposition to monism ("doctrine of unity") and dualism ("doctrine of duality"). The term has different meanings in metaphysics, ontology, epistemology and log ...
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