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Pluralism

The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

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Doctrine 76% connected

Teaching; instruction.

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Ism 76% connected

A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Philosophy 76% connected

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Pluralist 74% connected

A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

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Pluralist 74% connected

A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

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Monism 94% connected

That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

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Monism 94% connected

That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

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