plurality

Etymology
, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  The state of being plural.
 * 2)  The holding of multiple benefices.
 * 3)  A state of being numerous.
 * 4)  A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.
 * 5)  A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.
 * 6) * 1977 September 8, "Crime against clarity", editorial, Bangor Daily News, page 14 :
 * To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required.
 * 1)  A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
 * 2)  A group of many entities: a large number.
 * A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.
 * 1)  A group composed of more than one entity.
 * 2) * 1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract:
 * The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.
 * 1)  The condition of a single body/person displaying multiple distinct personas.
 * 2) * 2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 5:
 * Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of plurality, but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma.
 * 1) * 1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract:
 * The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.
 * 1)  The condition of a single body/person displaying multiple distinct personas.
 * 2) * 2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 5:
 * Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of plurality, but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma.
 * 1) * 2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 5:
 * Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of plurality, but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma.
 * Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of plurality, but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma.

Derived terms

 * plurality rule

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: pluralitat
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მრავლობითობა, უმრავლესობა, უმეტესობა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, többes szám
 * Indonesian: pluralitas,, keanekaragaman
 * Italian:
 * Latin: plūrālitās
 * Malay: kejamakan, kemajmukan
 * Manx: yl-raght
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: useamman kirkkoherranviran pitäminen
 * Hungarian: javadalomhalmozás,


 * Finnish:, lukuisuus
 * Hungarian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: relatieve meerderheid
 * Esperanto: relativa plimulto
 * Finnish: suhteellinen enemmistö
 * Georgian: შედარებითი უმრავლესობა, ფარდობითი უმრავლესობა
 * Hebrew: רוב יַחֲסִי
 * Hungarian: relatív többség
 * Persian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: ääniero
 * Hungarian:


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pluralitat
 * Esperanto: pluraĵo
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: monipersoonallisuus