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      »   The noun pluralist has 3 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• pluralist -- (a Cleric1.) Cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic -- (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)
  
  cleric who Holds1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  holds more than one Benefice1.) Benefice, ecclesiastical benefice -- (an endowed church office giving income to its holder)
  
  1.) Benefice -- (endow with a benefice)
  
  benefice at a time)

• pluralist -- (a Philosopher1.) Philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)
  
  2.) Philosopher -- (a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity)
  
  philosopher who Believes1.) Believe -- (accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits")
  
  2.) Think, believe, consider, conceive -- (judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior")
  
  believes that no Single1.) Single, bingle -- (a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base)
  
  2.) One, 1, I, ace, single, unity -- (the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one")
  
  single explanation can Account1.) Account, business relationship -- (a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account")
  
  2.) Report, account -- (the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple")
  
  account for all the Phenomena1.) Phenomenon -- (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)
  
  2.) Phenomenon -- (a remarkable development)
  
  phenomena of nature)

• pluralist -- (Someone1.) Person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")
  
  someone who Believes1.) Believe -- (accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits")
  
  2.) Think, believe, consider, conceive -- (judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior")
  
  believes that Distinct1.) Distinct -- (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints")
  
  2.) Distinct, distinguishable -- ((often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees")
  
  distinct ethnic or Cultural1.) Cultural -- (of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors; "cultural events"; "a person of broad cultural interests")
  
  2.) Cultural, ethnic, ethnical -- (denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food")
  
  cultural or Religious1.) Religious -- (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)
  
  1.) Religious, spiritual -- (concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs")
  
  religious groups can Exist1.) Exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?")
  
  2.) Exist, survive, live, subsist -- (support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day")
  
  exist together in society)

Related Terms - "Pluralist"

Meaning 1 of Pluralistpluralist cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic

• Ordainer1.) Ordainer -- (a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders)
  
  Ordainer - A cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders

• Pardoner1.) Pardoner, forgiver, excuser -- (a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense)
  
  2.) Pardoner -- (a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences)
  
  Pardoner - A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense

• Pluralist1.) Pluralist -- (a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time)
  
  2.) Pluralist -- (a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature)
  
  Pluralist - A cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time

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• A Kempis1.) A Kempis, Thomas a Kempis -- (German ecclesiastic (1380-1471))
  
  A Kempis, Thomas a Kempis1.) A Kempis, Thomas a Kempis -- (German ecclesiastic (1380-1471))
  
  Thomas a Kempis - German ecclesiastic (1380-1471)

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• Bruno, Saint Bruno, St
  • Bruno

Meaning 2 of Pluralistpluralist philosopher

• Nativist1.) Nativist -- (a philosopher who subscribes to nativism)
  
  1.) Nativist, nativistic -- (advocating the perpetuation of native societies; "the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman"; "the nativistic faith preaches the old values"- C.K.Kluckhohn)
  
  Nativist - A philosopher who subscribes to nativism

• Cynic1.) Cynic, faultfinder -- (someone who is critical of the motives of others)
  
  2.) Cynic -- (a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control)
  
  Cynic - Someone who is critical of the motives of others

• Eclectic1.) Eclectic, eclecticist -- (someone who selects according to the eclectic method)
  
  1.) Eclectic -- (selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas)
  
  Eclectic, Eclecticist1.) Eclectic, eclecticist -- (someone who selects according to the eclectic method)
  
  Eclecticist - Someone who selects according to the eclectic method

• Empiricist1.) Empiricist -- (a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism)
  
  Empiricist - A philosopher who subscribes to empiricism

• Epistemologist1.) Epistemologist -- (a specialist in epistemology)
  
  Epistemologist - A specialist in epistemology

• Esthetician1.) Esthetician, aesthetician -- (a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.))
  
  2.) Esthetician, aesthetician -- (a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty)
  
  Esthetician, Aesthetician1.) Esthetician, aesthetician -- (a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.))
  
  2.) Esthetician, aesthetician -- (a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty)
  
  Aesthetician - A worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)

• Ethicist1.) Ethicist, ethician -- (a philosopher who specializes in ethics)
  
  Ethicist, Ethician1.) Ethicist, ethician -- (a philosopher who specializes in ethics)
  
  Ethician - A philosopher who specializes in ethics

• Existentialist1.) Existentialist, existentialist philosopher -- (a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable)
  
  1.) Existentialist -- (relating to or involving existentialism; "existentialist movement"; "existentialist philosophy"; "the existentialist character of his ideas")
  
  Existentialist, Existentialist philosopher1.) Existentialist, existentialist philosopher -- (a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable)
  
  Existentialist philosopher - A philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable

• Gymnosophist1.) Gymnosophist -- (member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism))
  
  Gymnosophist - Member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)

• Libertarian1.) Libertarian -- (someone who believes the doctrine of free will)
  
  Libertarian - Someone who believes the doctrine of free will

• Mechanist1.) Mechanist -- (a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism)
  
  Mechanist - A philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism

• Moralist1.) Moralist -- (a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems)
  
  2.) Martinet, disciplinarian, moralist -- (someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms)
  
  Moralist - A philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems

• Naturalist1.) Naturalist -- (an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms)
  
  2.) Naturalist, natural scientist -- (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))
  
  Naturalist - An advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

• Necessitarian1.) Necessitarian -- (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)
  
  Necessitarian - Someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will

• Nominalist1.) Nominalist -- (a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism)
  
  Nominalist - A philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism

• Pluralist1.) Pluralist -- (a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time)
  
  2.) Pluralist -- (a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature)
  
  Pluralist - A cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time

• Pre-Socratic1.) Pre-Socratic -- (any philosopher who lived before Socrates1.) Socrates -- (ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC))
  
  Socrates - Ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC))
  
  1.) Presocratic, pre-Socratic -- (before the time of Socrates)
  
  Pre-Socratic - Any philosopher who lived before Socrates

• Realist1.) Realist -- (a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them)
  
  2.) Realist -- (a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly)
  
  Realist - A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

• Scholastic1.) Pedant, bookworm, scholastic -- (a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit)
  
  2.) Scholastic -- (a Scholastic philosopher or theologian)
  
  Scholastic - A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

• Sophist1.) Sophist -- (any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects)
  
  2.) Casuist, sophist -- (someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious)
  
  Sophist - Any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects

• Stoic1.) Stoic -- (a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny")
  
  2.) Stoic, unemotional person -- (someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions)
  
  Stoic - A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"

• Transcendentalist1.) Transcendentalist -- (advocate of transcendentalism)
  
  Transcendentalist - Advocate of transcendentalism

• Yogi1.) Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra -- (United States baseball player (born 1925))
  
  2.) Yogi -- (one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight)
  
  Yogi - United States baseball player (born 1925)

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• Abelard1.) Abelard, Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard -- (French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142))
  
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  Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard1.) Abelard, Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard -- (French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142))
  
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  Averroes, Ibn-Roshd1.) Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd -- (Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198))
  
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• Epicurus1.) Epicurus -- (Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC))
  
  Epicurus - Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)

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  2.) Herder, herdsman, drover -- (someone who drives a herd)
  
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• Hobbes1.) Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes -- (English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679))
  
  Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes1.) Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes -- (English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679))
  
  Thomas Hobbes - English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)

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• Hume1.) Hume, David Hume -- (Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776))
  
  Hume, David Hume1.) Hume, David Hume -- (Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776))
  
  David Hume - Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)

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• Husserl1.) Husserl, Edmund Husserl -- (German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938))
  
  Husserl, Edmund Husserl1.) Husserl, Edmund Husserl -- (German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938))
  
  Edmund Husserl - German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938)

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  Hypatia - Greek philosopher and astronomer; she invented the astrolabe (370-415)

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• James1.) James, James IV -- (a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513))
  
  2.) James, James II -- (the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701))
  
  James, William James1.) James, William James -- (United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910))
  
  William James - A Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

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• Kant1.) Kant, Immanuel Kant -- (influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804))
  
  Kant, Immanuel Kant1.) Kant, Immanuel Kant -- (influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804))
  
  Immanuel Kant - Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)

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• Kierkegaard1.) Kierkegaard, Soren Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard -- (Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855))
  
  Kierkegaard, Soren Kierkegaard1.) Kierkegaard, Soren Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard -- (Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855))
  
  Soren Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard1.) Kierkegaard, Soren Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard -- (Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855))
  
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• Lao-tzu1.) Lao-tzu, Lao-tse, Lao-zi -- (Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC))
  
  Lao-tzu, Lao-tse1.) Lao-tzu, Lao-tse, Lao-zi -- (Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC))
  
  Lao-tse, Lao-zi1.) Lao-tzu, Lao-tse, Lao-zi -- (Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC))
  
  Lao-zi - Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC)

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• Leibniz1.) Leibniz, Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz -- (German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716))
  
  Leibniz, Leibnitz1.) Leibniz, Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz -- (German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716))
  
  Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz1.) Leibniz, Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz -- (German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716))
  
  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz1.) Leibniz, Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz -- (German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716))
  
  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz - German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)

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• Locke1.) Locke, John Locke -- (English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704))
  
  Locke, John Locke1.) Locke, John Locke -- (English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704))
  
  John Locke - English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)

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• Lucretius1.) Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus -- (Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC))
  
  Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus1.) Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus -- (Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC))
  
  Titus Lucretius Carus - Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)

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• Lully1.) Lully, Raymond Lully, Ramon Lully -- (Spanish philosopher (1235-1315))
  
  2.) Lully, Jean Baptiste Lully, Lulli, Giambattista Lulli -- (French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687))
  
  Lully, Raymond Lully1.) Lully, Raymond Lully, Ramon Lully -- (Spanish philosopher (1235-1315))
  
  Raymond Lully, Ramon Lully1.) Lully, Raymond Lully, Ramon Lully -- (Spanish philosopher (1235-1315))
  
  Ramon Lully - Spanish philosopher (1235-1315)

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• Mach1.) Mach, Ernst Mach -- (Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916))
  
  Mach, Ernst Mach1.) Mach, Ernst Mach -- (Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916))
  
  Ernst Mach - Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)

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• Machiavelli1.) Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli -- (a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527))
  
  Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli1.) Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli -- (a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527))
  
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• Maimonides1.) Maimonides, Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon -- (Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204))
  
  Maimonides, Moses Maimonides1.) Maimonides, Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon -- (Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204))
  
  Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon1.) Maimonides, Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon -- (Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204))
  
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• Malebranche1.) Malebranche, Nicolas de Malebranche -- (French philosopher (1638-1715))
  
  Malebranche, Nicolas de Malebranche1.) Malebranche, Nicolas de Malebranche -- (French philosopher (1638-1715))
  
  Nicolas de Malebranche - French philosopher (1638-1715)

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• Marcuse1.) Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse -- (United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979))
  
  Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse1.) Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse -- (United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979))
  
  Herbert Marcuse - United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)

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• Marx1.) Marx, Herbert Marx, Zeppo -- (United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979))
  
  2.) Marx, Arthur Marx, Harpo -- (United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964))
  
  Marx, Karl Marx1.) Marx, Karl Marx -- (founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883))
  
  Karl Marx - United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)

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• Mead1.) Mead, Margaret Mead -- (United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978))
  
  2.) Mead, George Herbert Mead -- (United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931))
  
  Mead, George Herbert Mead1.) Mead, George Herbert Mead -- (United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931))
  
  George Herbert Mead - United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

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• Mill1.) Factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory -- (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)
  
  2.) Mill1.) Factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory -- (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)
  
  2.) Mill, James Mill -- (Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836))
  
  Mill, James Mill1.) Mill, James Mill -- (Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836))
  
  James Mill - A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing -- (Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836))
  
  Mill, John Mill1.) Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill -- (English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873))
  
  John Mill, John Stuart Mill1.) Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill -- (English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873))
  
  John Stuart Mill - A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

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• Mill, James Mill - no definition found

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• Montesquieu1.) Montesquieu, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat -- (French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755))
  
  Montesquieu, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu1.) Montesquieu, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat -- (French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755))
  
  Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat1.) Montesquieu, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat -- (French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755))
  
  Charles Louis de Secondat - French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

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• Moore, G
  • E. Moore, George Edward Moore
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• Occam1.) Occam, William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham -- (English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349))
  
  Occam, William of Occam1.) Occam, William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham -- (English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349))
  
  William of Occam, Ockham1.) Occam, William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham -- (English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349))
  
  Ockham, William of Ockham1.) Occam, William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham -- (English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349))
  
  William of Ockham - English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349)

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• Origen1.) Origen -- (Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254))
  
  Origen - Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254)

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  Ortega y Gasset, Jose Ortega y Gasset1.) Ortega y Gasset, Jose Ortega y Gasset -- (Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955))
  
  Jose Ortega y Gasset - Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955)

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• Parmenides1.) Parmenides -- (a presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy; held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed; said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC))
  
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• Pascal1.) Pascal, Pa -- (a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter)
  
  2.) Pascal, Blaise Pascal -- (French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662))
  
  Pascal, Blaise Pascal1.) Pascal, Blaise Pascal -- (French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662))
  
  Blaise Pascal - A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

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• Peirce1.) Peirce, Benjamin Peirce -- (United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880))
  
  2.) Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Franklin Peirce -- (United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914))
  
  Peirce, Charles Peirce1.) Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Franklin Peirce -- (United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914))
  
  Charles Peirce, Charles Franklin Peirce1.) Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Franklin Peirce -- (United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914))
  
  Charles Franklin Peirce - United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)

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• Perry1.) Perry, Ralph Barton Perry -- (United States philosopher (1876-1957))
  
  2.) Perry, Matthew Calbraith Perry -- (United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858))
  
  Perry, Ralph Barton Perry1.) Perry, Ralph Barton Perry -- (United States philosopher (1876-1957))
  
  Ralph Barton Perry - United States philosopher (1876-1957)

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• Plato - no definition found

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• Plotinus1.) Plotinus -- (Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270))
  
  Plotinus - Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270)

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• Pythagoras1.) Pythagoras -- (Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC))
  
  Pythagoras - Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)

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• Quine, W
  • V. Quine, Willard Van Orman Quine
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• Reid1.) Reid, Thomas Reid -- (Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796))
  
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  Thomas Reid - Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)

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• Rousseau1.) Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- (French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778))
  
  2.) Rousseau, Henri Rousseau, Le Douanier Rousseau -- (French primitive painter (1844-1910))
  
  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau1.) Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- (French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778))
  
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• Russell1.) Russell, Charles Taze Russell -- (United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916))
  
  2.) Russell, Ken Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell -- (English film director (born in 1927))
  
  Russell, Bertrand Russell1.) Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970))
  
  Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell1.) Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970))
  
  Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell1.) Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970))
  
  Earl Russell - United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

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• Schopenhauer1.) Schopenhauer, Arthur Schopenhauer -- (German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860))
  
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  Arthur Schopenhauer - German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)

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• Schweitzer1.) Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer -- (French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965))
  
  Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer1.) Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer -- (French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965))
  
  Albert Schweitzer - French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)

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• Seneca1.) Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca -- (Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD))
  
  2.) Seneca -- (a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York state south of Lake Ontario)
  
  Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca1.) Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca -- (Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD))
  
  Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)

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• Socrates - no definition found

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• Spencer1.) Spencer, Herbert Spencer -- (English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903))
  
  Spencer, Herbert Spencer1.) Spencer, Herbert Spencer -- (English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903))
  
  Herbert Spencer - English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

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• Spengler1.) Spengler, Oswald Spengler -- (German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936))
  
  Spengler, Oswald Spengler1.) Spengler, Oswald Spengler -- (German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936))
  
  Oswald Spengler - German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936)

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• Spinoza1.) Spinoza, de Spinoza, Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza -- (Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677))
  
  Spinoza, De Spinoza1.) Spinoza, de Spinoza, Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza -- (Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677))
  
  De Spinoza, Baruch de Spinoza1.) Spinoza, de Spinoza, Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza -- (Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677))
  
  Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza1.) Spinoza, de Spinoza, Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza -- (Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677))
  
  Benedict de Spinoza - Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677)

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• Stewart1.) Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart -- (United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997))
  
  2.) Stewart, Dugald Stewart -- (Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828))
  
  Stewart, Dugald Stewart1.) Stewart, Dugald Stewart -- (Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828))
  
  Dugald Stewart - United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)

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• Tagore1.) Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Rabindranath Tagore -- (Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941))
  
  Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore1.) Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Rabindranath Tagore -- (Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941))
  
  Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Rabindranath Tagore1.) Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Rabindranath Tagore -- (Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941))
  
  Sir Rabindranath Tagore - Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)

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• Teilhard de Chardin1.) Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- (French paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955))
  
  Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin1.) Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- (French paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955))
  
  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - French paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955)

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• Thales1.) Thales, Thales of Miletus -- (a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC))
  
  Thales, Thales of Miletus1.) Thales, Thales of Miletus -- (a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC))
  
  Thales of Miletus - A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)

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• Theophrastus1.) Theophrastus -- (Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC))
  
  Theophrastus - Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)

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• Weil1.) Weil, Simone Weil -- (French philosopher (1909-1943))
  
  2.) Weil, Andre Weil -- (United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998))
  
  Weil, Simone Weil1.) Weil, Simone Weil -- (French philosopher (1909-1943))
  
  Simone Weil - French philosopher (1909-1943)

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• Whitehead1.) Whitehead, Alfred North Whitehead -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947))
  
  2.) Whitehead, milium -- (a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland)
  
  Whitehead, Alfred North Whitehead1.) Whitehead, Alfred North Whitehead -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947))
  
  Alfred North Whitehead - English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)

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• Williams1.) Williams, Hank Williams, Hiram Williams, Hiram King Williams -- (United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953))
  
  2.) Williams, Sir Bernanrd Williams, Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams -- (English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003))
  
  Williams, Sir Bernanrd Williams1.) Williams, Sir Bernanrd Williams, Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams -- (English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003))
  
  Sir Bernanrd Williams, Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams1.) Williams, Sir Bernanrd Williams, Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams -- (English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003))
  
  Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams - United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)

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• Wittgenstein1.) Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein -- (British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951))
  
  Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein1.) Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein -- (British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951))
  
  Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein1.) Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein -- (British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951))
  
  Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein - British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)

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• Xenophanes1.) Xenophanes -- (Greek philosopher (560-478 BC))
  
  Xenophanes - Greek philosopher (560-478 BC)

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• Zeno1.) Zeno1.) Zeno, Zeno of Elea -- (ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC))
  
  2.) Zeno, Zeno of Citium -- (ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC))
  
  Zeno, Zeno of Elea1.) Zeno, Zeno of Elea -- (ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC))
  
  Zeno of Elea - Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC) -- (ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC))
  
  2.) Zeno, Zeno of Citium -- (ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC))
  
  Zeno, Zeno of Citium1.) Zeno, Zeno of Citium -- (ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC))
  
  Zeno of Citium - Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)

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• Zeno, Zeno of Elea - no definition found

Meaning 3 of Pluralistpluralist liberal, liberalist, progressive

• Armchair liberal1.) Armchair liberal -- (a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them)
  
  Armchair liberal - A person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them

• Latitudinarian1.) Latitudinarian -- (a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct))
  
  1.) Free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical -- (unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion))
  
  Latitudinarian - A person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)

• Neoliberal1.) Neoliberal -- (a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism)
  
  1.) Neoliberal -- (having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values)
  
  Neoliberal - A liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism

• Pluralist1.) Pluralist -- (a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time)
  
  2.) Pluralist -- (a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature)
  
  Pluralist - A cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time

• Whig1.) Whig -- (a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories)
  
  2.) Whig -- (a supporter of the American Revolution)
  
  Whig - A member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories