See Also: pluralist(medicine)
pluralist(dictionary)

pluralist (iou)



pluralist noun & adjective. E17.
[from PLURAL adjective + -IST. Cf. DUALIST.]
A. noun.
A person who holds two or more offices or positions, esp. ecclesiastical offices or benefices, at one time. E17.
Philosophy. An adherent or practitioner of pluralism. L19.
A person who favours increasing devolution and autonomy for individual bodies in preference to the development of monolithic State power. Also, an adherent or advocate of a form of society in which ethnic or cultural groups maintain their independent traditions, practices, and attitudes; a person who tolerates or accepts a diversity of opinions, values, theories, etc. E20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to pluralists or pluralism. E19.