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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/plʊˈɹæləti/}} |
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* {{rhymes|en|ælɪti|s=4}} |
* {{rhymes|en|ælɪti|s=4}} |
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# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of being [[plural]]. |
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of being [[plural]]. |
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# {{lb|en|ecclesiastical}} The holding of multiple [[benefice]]s. |
# {{lb|en|ecclesiastical}} The holding of multiple [[benefice]]s. |
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#: {{syn|en|pluralism}} |
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#* '''1644''', {{w|John Milton}}, ''Areopagitica'': |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1644|author=w:John Milton|title=Areopagitica |
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|passage=It was the complaint and lamentation of Prelats, upon every least breath of a motion to remove '''pluralities''', and distribute more equally Church revennu's, that then all learning would be for ever dasht and discourag'd.}} |
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# {{lb|en|countable}} A state of being numerous. |
# {{lb|en|countable}} A state of being numerous. |
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# {{lb|en|countable}} A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority. |
# {{lb|en|countable}} A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority. |
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# {{lb|en|countable}} A number of [[vote]]s for a single [[candidate]] or [[position]] which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a [[majority]] of valid votes cast. |
# {{lb|en|countable}} A number of [[vote]]s for a single [[candidate]] or [[position]] which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a [[majority]] of valid votes cast. |
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#* '''1977''' September 8, "Crime against clarity", editorial, [[w:Bangor Daily News|''Bangor Daily News'']], page 14 [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=818zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TiMIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1343,2352985]: |
#* '''1977''' September 8, "Crime against clarity", editorial, [[w:Bangor Daily News|''Bangor Daily News'']], page 14 [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=818zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TiMIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1343,2352985]: |
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#*: To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a '''plurality''' of votes is required. |
#*: To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a '''plurality''' of votes is required. |
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# {{lb|en|countable}} A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes. |
# {{lb|en|countable}} A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=December 10 1948|title=President Race Ignored by 683,382 Voters|journal=w:The Deseret News|section=page A-2|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=acQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ulcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6598,2141245 |
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|passage=Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500;{{...}}. Truman won by a '''plurality''' of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast.}} |
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# {{lb|en|countable}} A group of [[many]] entities: a large number. |
# {{lb|en|countable}} A group of [[many]] entities: a large number. |
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#: ''A '''plurality''' of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.'' |
#: ''A '''plurality''' of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.'' |
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#* '''1989''', United States Patent 5065364, abstract: |
#* '''1989''', United States Patent 5065364, abstract: |
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#*: The array is organized into a '''plurality''' of vertical (column) blocks. |
#*: The array is organized into a '''plurality''' of vertical (column) blocks. |
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# {{lb|en|of spouses}} |
# {{lb|en|of spouses}} {{cap|polygamy}}. |
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# {{lb|en|psychology}} The condition of a single [[body]]/[[person]] displaying multiple distinct [[persona]]s. |
# {{lb|en|psychology}} The condition of a single [[body]]/[[person]] displaying multiple distinct [[persona]]s. |
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#: {{syn|en|multiplicity}} |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2016|author=Lori F. Clarke|title=Embracing Polyphony: Voices, Improvisation, and the Hearing Voices Network|journal=Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice|volume=5|issue=2|page=1 |
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|passage=In this paper I argue that hearing voices experiences and '''plurality''' are part of a broad, rich, and complex spectrum of human experience, {{...}}}} |
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#* '''2020''', Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, [https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/202668/DrakeT_2020-1_BODY.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y page 5]: |
#* '''2020''', Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, [https://web.archive.org/web/20211101121903/https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/202668/DrakeT_2020-1_BODY.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y page 5]: |
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#*: Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of '''plurality''', but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma. |
#*: Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of '''plurality''', but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2020|author=Meg-John Barker|title=Plural selves, queer, and comics|journal=Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics|volume=11|issue=4 |
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|passage=People often find it easiest to recognise '''plurality''' in themselves when they reflect on how they behave in different relationships or situations.}} |
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#* {{seemoreCites|en}} |
#* {{seemoreCites|en}} |
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====Synonyms==== |
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* {{sense|most votes in election, but less than 50%}} {{l|en|relative majority}}, {{l|en|simple majority}} |
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* {{sense|ecclesiastical}} {{l|en|pluralism}} |
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====Antonyms==== |
====Antonyms==== |
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* {{l|en|singularity}} |
* {{antsense|state of being more than one}} {{l|en|singularity}} |
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* {{l|en|superminority}}, {{l|en|qualified minority}}, {{l|en|simple majority}}, {{l|en|relative majority}}, {{l|en|absolute majority}}, {{l|en|qualified majority}}, {{l|en|supermajority}} |
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====Derived terms==== |
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* [[plurality rule]] |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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* German: {{t+|de|Pluralität|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Pluralität|f}} |
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* Greek: {{t+|el|πολλαπλότητα|f|sc=Grek}} |
* Greek: {{t+|el|πολλαπλότητα|f|sc=Grek}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|pluralizmus}}, {{q|grammar}} {{t|hu|[[többes]] [[szám]]}} |
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* Indonesian: {{t|id|pluralitas}}, {{t+|id|kemajemukan}}, {{t|id|keanekaragaman}} |
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* Italian: {{t+|it|pluralità|f}} |
* Italian: {{t+|it|pluralità|f}} |
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* Latin: {{t|la|plūrālitās|f}} |
* Latin: {{t|la|plūrālitās|f}} |
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* Malay: {{t|ms|kejamakan}}, {{t|ms|kemajmukan}} |
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* Manx: {{t|gv|yl-raght|f}} |
* Manx: {{t|gv|yl-raght|f}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pluralidade|f}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pluralidade|f}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|pluralidad|f}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pluralidad|f}} |
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çoğulluk}} |
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çoğulluk}} |
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{{trans-top|ecclesiastical: the holding of multiple benefices}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[useampi|useamman]] [[kirkkoherranvirka|kirkkoherranviran]] [[pitäminen]]}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t|hu|javadalomhalmozás}}, {{t+|hu|halmozás|alt=-halmozás}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|runsaus}}, {{t|fi|lukuisuus}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+check|hu|számosság}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|болшинство|n}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|болшинство|n}} |
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* Dutch: {{t|nl|relatieve meerderheid}} |
* Dutch: {{t|nl|relatieve meerderheid}} |
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|relativa plimulto}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|suhteellinen enemmistö}} |
* Finnish: {{t|fi|suhteellinen enemmistö}} |
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* Georgian: {{t|ka|შედარებითი უმრავლესობა}}, {{t|ka|ფარდობითი უმრავლესობა}} |
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შედარებითი უმრავლესობა}}, {{t|ka|ფარდობითი უმრავლესობა}} |
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* Hebrew: {{t|he|רוב יַחֲסִי|m|tr=rov yahasi}} |
* Hebrew: {{t|he|רוב יַחֲסִי|m|tr=rov yahasi}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t|hu|relatív többség}} |
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[relatív]] [[többség]]}} |
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* Persian: {{t+|fa|اکثریت نسبی|tr=aksariyat-e nesbi |
* Persian: {{t+|fa|اکثریت نسبی|tr=aksariyat-e nesbi}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|relativ majoritet}}, {{t+|sv|enkel majoritet}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|relativ majoritet}}, {{t+|sv|enkel majoritet}} |
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{{trans-top|a margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|ääniero}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+check|hu|különbözet}} |
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{{trans-top|group of many entities: a large number}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|joukko}}, {{t+|fi|kasa}}, {{t+|fi|liuta}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sokaság}} |
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|pluralitat|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t|ca|pluralitat|f}} |
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|pluraĵo}} |
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|pluraĵo}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi| |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|moninaisuus}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|мно́жество|n}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|мно́жество|n}} |
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{{trans-see|(of spouses) polygamy|polygamy}} |
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{{trans-top|psychology: the condition of a single body/person displaying multiple distinct personas}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|monipersoonallisuus}} |
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[[Category:en:Multiplicity (psychology)]] |
Revision as of 19:44, 21 May 2024
English
Etymology
plural + -ity, from Middle English pluralite, from Old French pluralité (“multitude, state of being plural”), from Latin plūrālitās.
Pronunciation
Noun
plurality (countable and uncountable, plural pluralities)
- (uncountable) The state of being plural.
- (ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.
- Synonym: pluralism
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
- It was the complaint and lamentation of Prelats, upon every least breath of a motion to remove pluralities, and distribute more equally Church revennu's, that then all learning would be for ever dasht and discourag'd.
- (countable) A state of being numerous.
- Synonym: multiplicity
- (countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.
- (countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.
- Synonym: relative majority
- 1977 September 8, "Crime against clarity", editorial, Bangor Daily News, page 14 [1]:
- To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required.
- (countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
- 1948 December 10, “President Race Ignored by 683,382 Voters”, in The Deseret News[2], page A-2:
- Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500; […] . Truman won by a plurality of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast.
- (countable) A group of many entities: a large number.
- A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.
- (countable) A group composed of more than one entity.
- 1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract:
- The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.
- 1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract:
- (of spouses) Polygamy.
- (psychology) The condition of a single body/person displaying multiple distinct personas.
- Synonym: multiplicity
- 2016, Lori F. Clarke, “Embracing Polyphony: Voices, Improvisation, and the Hearing Voices Network”, in Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice, volume 5, number 2, page 1:
- In this paper I argue that hearing voices experiences and plurality are part of a broad, rich, and complex spectrum of human experience, […]
- 2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 5:
- Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of plurality, but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma.
- 2020, Meg-John Barker, “Plural selves, queer, and comics”, in Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, volume 11, number 4:
- People often find it easiest to recognise plurality in themselves when they reflect on how they behave in different relationships or situations.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:plurality.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “state of being more than one”): singularity
Coordinate terms
- superminority, qualified minority, simple majority, relative majority, absolute majority, qualified majority, supermajority
Derived terms
Translations
the state of being plural
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ecclesiastical: the holding of multiple benefices
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a state of being numerous
most votes in election, but less than 50%
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a margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes
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group of many entities: a large number
group composed of more than one entity
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(of spouses) polygamy — see polygamy
psychology: the condition of a single body/person displaying multiple distinct personas
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₁-
- English terms suffixed with -ity
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ælɪti
- Rhymes:English/ælɪti/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English ecclesiastical terms
- English terms with quotations
- en:Psychology
- en:Multiplicity (psychology)