pluralism

(countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
(countable, uncountable) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
(countable, uncountable) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
(countable, uncountable) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
(countable, uncountable) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
(countable, uncountable) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
(countable, uncountable) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.
(countable, uncountable) The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.