Plurality

The term plurality refers to a part of a whole which is greater than any other part, but not necessarily a majority. It can also refer to the state of being plural, i.e. as a synonym for multiplicity.

Law and politics

• Plurality opinion, in a decision by a multi-member court, an opinion held by more judges than any other but not by an overall majority
• Plurality (parliamentary procedure)
• First-preference plurality, also called first-past-the-post, a system in which each voter votes for one candidate and the candidate with a plurality is elected
  • Plurality-at-large voting or block voting, system for electing several representatives from a single electoral district
  • Single non-transferable vote, a semi-proportional variant of first-past-the-post

Psychology and psychiatry

• Multiplicity (psychology), also known as plurality, a psychological condition where multiple personalities form within an individual
  • Dissociative identity disorder, dissociative disorder associated with plurality
  • Other specified dissociative disorder, psychiatric diagnosis associated with plurality

Philosophy and religion

• Plurality (church governance), a type of Christian church polity in which decisions are made by a committee
• Benefice#Pluralism, the holding of two different benefices simultaneously
• Plurality of gods, an understanding of God in Mormonism
• Plurality, one of the "twelve pure concepts of the understanding" proposed by Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason
• Ontological pluralism

Other uses

• Plurality (company), an Israeli semiconductor company
• Plurality, the holding of more than one benefice
• Plural, a linguistic form commonly used to denote two or more of something

See also

• Multiplicity (disambiguation)
• Plurality of worlds (disambiguation)
• Pluralism (disambiguation)