plurality

[ ploo-ral-i-tee ]
/ plʊˈræl ɪ ti /
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noun, plural plu·ral·i·ties.

Origin of plurality

1325–75; Middle English pluralite < Old French < Late Latin plūrālitās. See plural, -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM plurality

non·plu·ral·i·ty, noun, plural non·plu·ral·i·ties.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH plurality

majority plurality (see synonym study at majority)

Words nearby plurality

plur., plural, plural marriage, plural voting, pluralism, plurality, pluralize, plurally, pluri-, pluriglandular, pluriliteral

Words related to plurality

profusion, preponderance, advantage, lead, variety, multiplicity, bulk, majority, mass, numerousness, most

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British Dictionary definitions for plurality

plurality
/ (plʊəˈrælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state of being plural or numerous
maths a number greater than one
US and Canadian the excess of votes or seats won by the winner of an election over the runner-up when no candidate or party has more than 50 per cent British equivalent: relative majority
a large number
the greater number; majority
another word for pluralism (def. 1)