Meaning of plurality | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Plurality, multiplicity.
2. The state of being plural.
   uncountable
3. The holding of multiple benefices.
   countable, uncountable
4. A state of being numerous.
   countable
5. A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.
   countable
6. 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.
   countable
7. A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
   countable
8. A group of many entities: a large number.
   countable
9. A group composed of more than one entity.
   countable
10. Polygamy.
    countable, uncountable
11. Synonym of multiplicity (“the condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body”).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Nominal plurality in Basque is originally exclusively marked on definite determiners and not on nouns.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.”

“The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.”

“In this paper I argue that hearing voices experiences and plurality are part of a broad, rich, and complex spectrum of human experience, […]”

“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.”

“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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