plural society

collocation in English

meaningsofpluralandsociety

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plural
adjective
uk
/ˈplʊə.rəl/us
/ˈplʊr.əl/
consisting of lots of different races or types of people or of ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofpluralandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This study is more concerned with how the 'pluralsociety' initially emerged rather than how it functions as an analytical concept.
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Thepluralsocietyhad five stages of development: initial colonial domination; liberation of laissez-faire economic forces; pluralisation along racial lines; disintegration of common social will; and stagnation.
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I am making this appeal within ourpluralsocietyto ensure that our civil law is not circumvented.
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They are going to attempt to establish democracy in a country which is apluralsociety.
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Nevertheless, a wise majority in apluralsocietywill make absolutely certain that the minority are afforded special consideration, rights and respect.
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Let us not forget that we are no longer a homogeneous society such as we have been for centuries, but apluralsociety.
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The second one is this: in apluralsociety, should not religious education be taught by way of the many world religions?
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We live in apluralsocietywhere all these institutions are of importance.
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We believe in apluralsociety, and they do not.
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It is critical to the long-term health of apluralsocietyfor systems to be devised which accommodate rather than suppress or confine diverse institutions.
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We live in apluralsocietyand therefore it is hardly surprising that our funding has the same plural complexion.
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These are novel circumstances, which are becoming more acute within ourpluralsociety.
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In a mass society, apluralsociety, a consumer society, we all suffer from inflation and inflationary wage claims.
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Although it is wholly abhorrent to those who believe in apluralsocietyand a free society, that remedy has a certain cold logic.
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That would, in the last resort, be a most valuable safeguard for minorities in a self-governingpluralsociety.
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They have perhaps one of the most obvious examples of apluralsociety.
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What is to be the future of thispluralsociety?
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The problem is that of apluralsociety.
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Secondly, the group-mind to which all social objectives must be applied, and the normallypluralsocietyin which those objectives must be pursued.
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I know the difficulties are enormous in a huge country in which there is apluralsocietyand in which there is no unity.
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