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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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English pluralistic From plural + -istic.
Meanings
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Characteristic of pluralism.
In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.
1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 255:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pluralistic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pluralistic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonpluralistic · pluralistic ignorance · pluralistically · antipluralistic · hyperpluralistic
Translations (13)
fr pluraliste (characteristic of pluralism) · cs pluralistický (characteristic of pluralism) · pt pluralista (characteristic of pluralism) · ga iolraíoch (characteristic of pluralism) · fi moniarvoinen (characteristic of pluralism) · es pluralista (characteristic of pluralism) · ca pluralista (characteristic of pluralism) · it pluralista (characteristic of pluralism) · de pluralistisch (characteristic of pluralism) · id pluralistis (characteristic of pluralism) · gl pluralista (characteristic of pluralism) · id pluralistik (characteristic of pluralism) · pl pluralistyczny (characteristic of pluralism)