cultural pluralism

[kuhl-cher-uhl ploor-uh-liz-uhm]

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.

Example Sentences

"It's been evident since at least 2017 that the largest force in American politics isn't any economic coalition but a broad popular front in defense of liberal values like tolerance, democracy and cultural pluralism," said Will Stancil, a policy researcher at the University of Minnesota who has written about how the increasing racial diversity of the suburbs benefits Democrats.

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“It’s been evident since at least 2017 that the largest force in American politics isn’t any economic coalition but a broad popular front in defense of liberal values like tolerance, democracy and cultural pluralism,” said Will Stancil, a policy researcher at the University of Minnesota who has written about how the increasing racial diversity of the suburbs benefits Democrats.

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

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The right has watched with alarm over the past generation as such liberal values as feminism, gay rights, anti-racism and cultural pluralism became normalized on screen.

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

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