different between megalopolis vs pluralism

English

Etymology

From megalo- (“great”) +? -polis (“city”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m?.???l?.p?.l?s/

Noun

megalopolis (plural megalopolises or megalopoleis or megalopoli)

1. A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity.

   The Eastern Seaboard megalopolis extends from New Hampshire to Alexandria, VA.

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Translations

Anagrams

• paleologism

Romanian

Etymology

From French mégalopolis

Noun

megalopolis n (plural megalopolisuri)

1. megalopolis

Declension

English

Etymology

plural +? -ism

Pronunciation

Noun

pluralism (countable and uncountable, plural pluralisms)

1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
2. (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
3. (sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
4. (politics) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
5. (politics) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
6. (law) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
7. (philosophy) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.

Synonyms

• (ecclesiastical): plurality

Related terms

• plural
• pluralist
• pluralistic

Translations

References

• pluralism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Guy Ankerl: Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations: Arabo-Muslim, Bhrati, Chinese, and Western. INUPress, Geneva, 2000 ?ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

From French pluralisme

Noun

pluralism n (uncountable)

1. pluralism

Declension