pluralist

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noun

A person who holds multiple offices, especially a clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounpluralist (plural pluralists)

plural pluralists

  1. A person who holds multiple offices, especially a clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
  2. An advocate of pluralism (in all senses)
adjectivepluralist (comparative more pluralist, superlative most pluralist)

comparative more pluralist · superlative most pluralist

  1. Of, or related to pluralism.

    In addition, a more pluralist system in a large diverse democracy should foster aggregation, compromise, and tolerance.

    2014, Bruce E. Cain, Democracy More or Less
    1 more example

    Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.

    2025 December 17, Jennifer Szalai, “The Intellectuals Fueling the MAGA Movement”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2025

Origin

Translations

Czech pluralista
  • pluralistaadvocate of pluralism
Finnish pluralisti
  • pluralistiadvocate of pluralism
French pluraliste
  • pluralisteadvocate of pluralism
Irish iolraí
  • iolraíadvocate of pluralism
Italian pluralista
  • pluralistaadvocate of pluralism
Polish pluralista, pluralistka
  • pluralistaadvocate of pluralism
  • pluralistkaadvocate of pluralism
Romanian pluralist
  • pluralistadvocate of pluralism
Swedish pluralist
  • pluralistadvocate of pluralism
Cite this entry
APA

pluralist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluralist

MLA

“pluralist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluralist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pluralist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluralist.

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