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1. dualism
   [n] - the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
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2. dualism
   In philosophy, the belief that reality is essentially dual in nature. The French philosopher RenéDescartes, for example, referred to thinking and material substance. These entities interact but are...
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3. Dualism
   Du'al·ism noun [ Confer French dualisme .] State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction ; as: (a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two origin...
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4. dualism
   <physiology> State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as: The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. 'An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and s...
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5. dualism
   noun the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
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6. Dualism
   • (n.) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil. • (n.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. • (n.) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal forekno...
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7. dualism
   in philosophy, the use of two irreducible, heterogeneous principles (sometimes in conflict, sometimes complementary) to analyze the knowing process ... [9 related articles]
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8. dualism
   in religion, the doctrine that the world (or reality) consists of two basic, opposed, and irreducible principles that account for all that exists. It ... [31 related articles]
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9. dualism
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dū′ăl-izm Definitions: 1. In chemistry, a theory advanced by Berzelius that every compound, no matter how many elements enter into it, is composed of two parts, one electrically negative, the other positive; still applicable, with modification, to polar comp...
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10. dualism
    dualism, any philosophical system that seeks to explain all phenomena in terms of two distinct and irreducible principles. It is opposed to monism and pluralism. In Plato's philosophy there is an ultimate dualism of being and becoming, of ideas and matter. Aristotle criticized Plato's doctrine of th...
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11. Dualism
    (Lat. duo, two) (a) In metaphysics: Theory which admits in any given domain, two independent and mutually irreducible substances e.g. the Platonic dualism of the sensible and intelligible worlds, the Cartesian dinlism of thinking and extended substances, the Leibnizian dualism of the actual and poss...
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12. Dualism
    Dualism is the philosophical exposition of the nature of things by the hypothesis of two dissimilar primitive principles not derived from each other. Dualism in religion is chiefly confined to the adoption of a belief in two fundamental beings, a good and an evil one, as is done in some oriental religions, especially that of Zoroaster.
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13. dualism
    In philosophy, the belief that reality is essentially dual in nature. The French philosopher René Descartes, for example, referred to thinking and material substance. These entities interact but are fundamentally separate and distinct. Dualism is contrasted with monism, the theory that reality is made up of only one substance
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14. Dualism
    `Dualism` (from the Latin word duo meaning "two") denotes a state of two parts. The term `dualism` was originally coined to denote co-eternal binary opposition, a meaning that is preserved in metaphysical and philosophical duality discourse but has been diluted in general or common ...
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