plural vs pluralism

plural

noun
  • The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something. 

  • A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder. 

  • A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form. 

adj
  • Pluralistic. 

  • Consisting of or containing more than one of something. 

  • In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual. 

pluralism

noun
  • The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. 

  • The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems. 

  • The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society. 

  • The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area. 

  • The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time. 

  • The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable. 

  • The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective. 

  • A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities. 

How often have the words plural and pluralism occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )