What is another word for plurality?

Pronunciation: [plʊ͡əɹˈalɪti] (IPA)

The word plurality has several synonyms, with each conveying a slightly different sense. Majority, for instance, represents the greater part or number of something. It signifies a quantity or a percentage higher than 50 percent. On the other hand, plurality is only about attaining a greater amount. A related term, plurality voting, is a method of voting in which the candidate who receives the most votes, rather than an outright majority of votes, wins the election. Another potential synonym could be diversity or variety, which represents the difference within a group or category. Finally, pluralism refers to the act of recognizing and celebrating diversity, or the coexistence of multiple viewpoints or perspectives within a society or organization.

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What are the hypernyms for Plurality?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Plurality?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for plurality (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for plurality?

Plurality is defined as the state of being numerous, or the greater part. Its antonyms refer to the opposite of this concept. For instance, singularity is the quality of being unique or single. In contrast, paucity refers to the state of being scarce or insufficient. In the political context, unity is a term used to describe the state of being united or coming together for a common goal, whereas division is the disunity or segregation of a group. Synonyms for plurality include majority, dominance, and prevalence while its antonyms, as stated, are singularity, paucity, unity, and division.

What are the antonyms for Plurality?

  • n.

    large part of a group

Usage examples for Plurality

My theory is, plurality of wines is as much a mistake as plurality of wives.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
Its distinction lies rather in its acceptance of the manifest plurality of souls, and its appeal to the faith that is engendered by service.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
For generation and decay and plurality may belong to that which is also affirmative and positive, but not to that which is affirmative and positive only.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry

Famous quotes with Plurality

  • The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
    Irving Babbitt
  • Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming the most coherent and are rising to the top as minority or plurality powers. But they do not represent either the shift, the change, or the future.
    Paul Hawken
  • Arguments can always be answered. Moral philosophy, unlike straight moralizing, arises from and trives on plurality of values.
    Mary Midgley
  • ...Burgess' chief themes...a Catholic sense of sin and a social sense of disaster, a fascination with the polymathic and polyglot artist and the strange and often gross and unbidden sources of art. Nor had Burgess taught languages or studied Joyce for nothing, though where Joyce sought the final consolation of form he sought those of prolixity; he was also a very effective literary critic, obsessed with language and punning....was happy to describe himself as a craftsman and not an aesthetician of writing; he is a Joycean without the formalism or indeed the restraint....inventive prolixity...gifts of linguistic and technical discovery; Burgess is a great postmodern storehouse of contemporary writing, opening the modern plurality of languages, discourses and codes for our use.
    Anthony Burgess
  • Their is one advantage in a plurality of wifes; tha fite each other, insted ov their husbands.
    Josh Billings

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