different between pluralism vs fairness

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English fairness, fæ?ernesse, from Old English fæ?ernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair +? -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).

Noun

fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)

1. The property of being fair or equitable.

2. The property of being fair or beautiful.

   Synonyms: fairhood, beauty

Derived terms

• in fairness

Translations

Anagrams

• Serafins, sanserif