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pluralitythe state of being plural; a large number of people or things

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: the state of being plural; a large number of people or things

Pronunciation (IPA): /pluˈræl.ə.ti/

Korean meaning: 복수성; 다수, 복수의 상태

Korean pronunciation: 플루**랠**러티

Example Sentences

  • The pizza restaurant failed because of a plurality of toppings - customers couldn't decide between 47 different options!
  • Democracy thrives on the plurality of voices in society.
  • In the election, no candidate received a majority, but Kim won with a plurality of 35%.

plurality

NOUN

//pluˈræl.ə.ti//

the state of being plural; a large number of people or things

plurality concept
💡 Concept

the state of being plural; a large number of people or things

plurality rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Plurality shapes our reality into totality!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/pluˈræl.ə.ti/
🇬🇧 UK/plʊəˈræl.ə.ti/

🌳Etymology

Rootplural
Suffix--ity

Origin

라틴어 'pluralis'(복수의)에서 파생된 단어로, 'plus'(더 많은)라는 어근을 가지고 있어 '하나보다 많은 것'이라는 의미를 담고 있습니다.

🎵Rhyme

realitymoralitytotality
reality
morality
totality

🔗Collocations

plurality of opinions
cultural plurality
religious plurality
plurality vote
win by plurality
plurality system

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The pizza restaurant failed because of a plurality of toppings - customers couldn't decide between 47 different options!

Democracy thrives on the plurality of voices in society.

In the election, no candidate received a majority, but Kim won with a plurality of 35%.

The professor encouraged a plurality of interpretations of the literary work.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

diversitymultiplicityvarietymultitude

Antonyms

singularityuniformityunanimity

Related

pluralpluralismmajorityminorityconsensus

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