plurality

noun10

1. •
   The state of being plural.

   • Nominal plurality in Basque is originally exclusively marked on definite determiners and not on nouns. — 2025
2. •
   A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.

   • “America will soon belong to the men and women … who can comfortably walk into a room and accept with real comfort the sensation that … there are no real majorities, only pluralities and coalitions. — 2012
3. •
   A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.

   • To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required. — 1977
4. •
   A group composed of more than one entity.

   • The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks. — 1989
5. •
   A state of being numerous.
6. •
   A group of many entities: a large number.

   • A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.
7. •
   A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
8. •
   Synonym of multiplicity (“the condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body”).

   • In this paper I argue that hearing voices experiences and plurality are part of a broad, rich, and complex spectrum of human experience, […] — 2016
9. •
   Polygamy.
10. •
    The holding of multiple benefices.