[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Philosophy.a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle.Compare dualism(def2) dualism(def2), monism(def1a) monism(def1a).a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.", "a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle.Compare dualism(def2) dualism(def2), monism(def1a) monism(def1a).", "a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.", "Ecclesiastical.the holding by one person of two or more offices at the same time. plurality(def7a) plurality(def7a).", "the holding by one person of two or more offices at the same time.", "plurality(def7a) plurality(def7a).", "Sociology. cultural pluralism cultural pluralism.", "state or quality of being plural."]}]