plural

plural

plural (plural plurals)

1. (grammar): a word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.

plural (comparative more plural, superlative most plural)

1. Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
2. (comparable) Pluralistic.
   • 1987, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams editor, The Encyclopedia of religion, volume 3:

     Although the nation was far more plural than Canada in the number of its Christian groups

   • 2006, Suisheng Zhao, Debating political reform in China: rule of law vs. democratization, page 29:

     The Hong Kong and Singapore markets are way more ""plural"" than most Western economies, but they have not led to pluralistic politics.

   • 2007, Lachelle Renee Hannickel, From cultural transgressions to literary transformations: ..., page 195:

     History is perhaps more plural than traditionally imagined, leaving room for more groups to express their story.

   • 2009, Pille Valk, Teenagers perspectives on the role of religion in their lives, ..., page 281:

     Generally the girls tend to perceive their social world as somewhat more plural than boys do. Several of these questions reveal that there are more boys (61%) than girls (39%) who do not know about the religion of others

   • 2011, Harald E. Braun; Edward Vallance, The Renaissance Conscience, page 50:

     Yet Mores conscience was responding to a world just a little more plural than the world he was born in

	plurale
	more than one
	word in plural form

Altri significati:

More than one of something.

plural (number)

Grammatical number that is used for more that one (many) object of the same type.

(grammar): a word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a '''dual''' form.

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