Pluralism refers to tolerance for different types of ideas, persons, or groups. For example, religious pluralism, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, is a policy allowing different religious groups to coexist in the United States.

* "The successful writer actually wants everyone to have his say, even if he disagrees with your take on matters. That’s the American way ..." [1]

Pluralism is the opposite of xenophobia (hatred of strangers), majoritarianism and nativism (giving preference to the native born and attacking immigrants who bring different values of ways of life).

## In philosophy[edit]

Pluralism is the belief that reality consists of many different substances (including abstract objects and universals) in addition to the fundamentally mindless arrangements or interactions of matter-energy in space-time.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Andre Klavan interview: We're at war but Hollywood is still stuck in Vietnam
2. ↑ The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary: including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Ditionary, 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-21606 | pluralism (p. 1040a)