plurality
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noun- 1.
(uncountable)The state of being plural.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)(ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.
Đồng nghĩa: pluralism
- 3.
(countable)A state of being numerous.
Đồng nghĩa: multiplicity
- 4.
(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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(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.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: relative majority
- 6.
(countable)A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
- 7.
(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.
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(countable)A group composed of more than one entity.
The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.
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(countable, uncountable)(of spouses) Polygamy.
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(countable, uncountable)(psychology) Synonym of multiplicity (“the condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body”).
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.
Đồng nghĩa: multiplicity
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ine-pro From plural + -ity, from Middle English pluralite, from Old French pluralité (multitude, state of being plural), from Latin plūrālitās.