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Pluralism vs Multicultural - What's the difference?

pluralism | multicultural |

As a noun pluralism

is the quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

As an adjective multicultural is

relating or pertaining to several different cultures.

pluralism

English

(Webster 1913) (wikipedia pluralism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
  • (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
  • (social science) A social system based on mutual respect for each other's cultures among various groups that make up a society, wherein subordinate groups do not have to forsake their lifestyle and traditions but, rather, can express their culture and participate in the larger society free of prejudice.
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    • Synonyms

    * (ecclesiastical) plurality

    Related terms

    * plural * pluralist * pluralistic

    References

    * * Guy Ankerl: Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations: Arabo-Muslim, Bhrati, Chinese, and Western. INUPress, Geneva, 2000 ISBN 2-88155-004-5 English words suffixed with -ism

    multicultural

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating or pertaining to several different cultures
    • Quotations
  • :* 31.X.2001' Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more '''multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago. - '' The Guardian (2001)

    • Derived terms

    * multicult * multiculti * multiculturalism * Multicultural London English * multiculturally