Definitions for dualism

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dualism du·al·ism

Spelling: [doo-uh-liz-uh m, dyoo-]

IPA: /ˈdu əˌlɪz əm, ˈdyu-/

Dualism is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in dualism (adilmsu).

Definitions for dualism

noun

1. the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
2. Philosophy. the view that there are just two mutually irreducible substances. Compare monism, pluralism. the view that substances are either material or mental.
3. Theology. the doctrine that there are two independent divine beings or eternal principles, one good and the other evil. the belief that a human being embodies two parts, as body and soul.

Origin of dualism

First recorded in 1785-95; dual + -ism

Examples for dualism

Though no longer quite the Cartesian dualism, this is still a dualism.

We need only pause to note Chesterton personifies this dualism.

The dualism is not primarily as to the stuff of the world, but as to causal laws.

That is the dualism which dogs humanity in the mass no less than in the individual.

In the transition from dualism to monism Malebranche served as a mediator.

In other words, monism is as unsatisfactory to reason as dualism.

A further religious position to be noticed here is that of dualism.

That breakdown of dualism, that honesty, is so important and revelatory.

I felt like it nicely represented the dualism of her character.

This dualism shows itself in nature as well as in the spiritual world.