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cultural pluralism

American  
[kuhl-cher-uhl ploor-uh-liz-uhm] / ˈkʌl tʃər əl ˈplʊər əˌlɪz əm /

noun

Sociology.
  1. a condition in which minority groups participate fully in the dominant society, yet maintain their cultural differences.

  2. a doctrine that a society benefits from such a condition.


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Social scientists have long considered cities engines of economic growth, cultural pluralism, political liberalism and technological innovation.

From Washington Post Jun. 4, 2020

Léger was an enemy of cultural pluralism and religious identity, Miller says.

From The New Yorker Dec. 3, 2018

The result was a particular model of commercialized cultural pluralism: a formatting of publics.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2014

Pearlman argues that taking “a metacultural position, embracing cultural pluralism while also advocating the search for common ground,” is in itself an expression of one’s progressivism—“a badge of urban-elite status.”

From Slate May 3, 2013

The concepts of multiculturalism or cultural pluralism developed partially to create a climate which encouraged understanding the differences between cultural groups.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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