Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pluralist

3 senses of pluralist

Sense 1
pluralist -- (a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time)
       => cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic -- (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)

Sense 2
pluralist -- (a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature)
       => philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 3
pluralist -- (someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society)
       => liberal, liberalist, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)