Definition of "plural"

Than plural faith which is too much by one: Thou counterfeit to thy true friend!

1594, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona

Although the nation was far more plural than Canada in the number of its Christian groups

1987, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams, editors, The Encyclopedia of religion, volume 3

The Hong Kong and Singapore markets are way more "plural" than most Western economies, but they have not led to pluralistic politics.

2006, Suisheng Zhao, Debating political reform in China: rule of law vs. democratization, page 29

History is perhaps more plural than traditionally imagined, leaving room for more groups to express their story.

2007, Lachelle Renee Hannickel, From cultural transgressions to literary transformations: ..., page 195

Generally the girls tend to perceive their social world as somewhat more plural than boys do. Several of these questions reveal that there are more boys (61%) than girls (39%) who 'do not know' about the religion of others

2009, Pille Valk, Teenagers' perspectives on the role of religion in their lives, ..., page 281

Yet More's conscience was responding to a world just a little more plural than the world he was born in

2011, Harald E. Braun with Edward Vallance, The Renaissance Conscience, page 50

"There are three numbers; the singular, the dual, and the plural. [...] The dual is sometimes used to denote two objects, but even here the plural is more common."

1895, William W. Goodwin, A Greek Grammar. Revised and enlarged., page 34

Singlet and monocultural identity is so normalized that many voice hearers and plurals don’t share their experiences with anyone, living in isolation (and sometimes in poverty) and spending considerable inner resources to manage postures and performances of ‘mental health’.

2016, Lori F. Clarke, “Embracing Polyphony: Voices, Improvisation, and the Hearing Voices Network”, in Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice, volume 5, number 2, page 6

More strongly, respect might require that singlets themselves accept, in the context of interacting with plurals, that people are truly distinct people.

2020, Elizabeth Schechter, “What we can learn about respect and identity from plurals”, in JPCA Mag, number 1, page 38

Autistics, plurals, and gender nonconforming individuals are all stigmatized as not being capable of understanding their own experiences and are repeatedly attacked with narratives intended to make them doubt their own emotions, memories, and sense of self.

2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 14