Dictionary

pluralist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English plural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pluralist From plural + -ist.

Meanings

1. Of, or related to pluralism.
   • Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society. 2025 December 17, Jennifer Szalai, “The Intellectuals Fueling the MAGA Movement”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2025:
   • In addition, a more pluralist system in a large diverse democracy should foster aggregation, compromise, and tolerance. 2014, Bruce E. Cain, Democracy More or Less:

Forms

pluralist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English plural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pluralist From plural + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who holds multiple offices, especially a clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
2. An advocate of pluralism (in all senses)

Forms

Deriveds

ethnopluralist · antipluralist

Translations (9)

ga iolraí (advocate of pluralism) · pl pluralistka (advocate of pluralism) · sv pluralist (advocate of pluralism) · pl pluralista (advocate of pluralism) · cs pluralista (advocate of pluralism) · fr pluraliste (advocate of pluralism) · fi pluralisti (advocate of pluralism) · ro pluralist (advocate of pluralism) · it pluralista (advocate of pluralism)