[‘ Diversity of opinions; (also) an instance of this.']
Pronunciation: Brit. /ˌplʊərəˈnɪmᵻti/, ˌplɔːrəˈnɪmᵻti, U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈnɪmᵻdi/
Etymology: < classical Latin /plūr-, /plūs more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.) + -animity (in unanimity n.). Compare pluranimous adj.
/rare/.
Diversity of opinions; (also) an instance of this.
1647 N. Ward /Serm. before House of Commons/ 13 The Lord mingles a perverse spirit amongst them, there is nothing but contradiction and prevarication, objections interjections, puzlings and counterpuzlings, pluranimities and pluranimosities amongst them.
1907 W. De Morgan /Alice-for-Short/ ix. 95 Whatever innate ideas on the subject of oil-painting he possessed, had been disorganised and carefully thrown out of gear by the want of unanimity, or presence of pluranimity, in his instructors.