名詞 pluralism:

1. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
2. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
3. the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time

plu.ral.ism

n.（名詞）
The condition of being plural.
多數(shù)狀態(tài)：成為復(fù)數(shù)的狀態(tài)
A condition of society in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups coexist within one nation.
多元化的社會形態(tài)：許多不同的民族、宗教或文化群體共存于一個國家的社會狀況
Ecclesiastical The holding by one person of two or more positions or offices, especially two or more ecclesiastical benefices, at the same time.
【基督教會】 兼任（制）：由一人同時擔(dān)任兩個或更多職務(wù)的，尤指同時擔(dān)任兩個或更多的圣職
Philosophy
【哲學(xué)】
The doctrine that reality is composed of many ultimate substances.
多元論：認(rèn)為現(xiàn)實(shí)是由許多種終極物質(zhì)構(gòu)成的一種理論
The belief that no single explanatory system or view of reality can account for all the phenomena of life.
多元文化論：認(rèn)為沒有任何一個的闡釋體系或現(xiàn)實(shí)觀點(diǎn)能解釋生活中的所有現(xiàn)象的一種信念