dualism

dualism

English

Etymology

dual +‎ -ism

Noun

dualism (countable and uncountable, plural dualisms)

1. Duality; the condition of being double.
2. (philosophy) The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil.
3. (theology) The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
4. (chemistry, dated) The theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and having opposite chemical or electrical affinities.

Derived terms

• Cartesian dualism
• predicate dualism
• property dualism
• substance dualism

Related terms

• dual
• duality

Translations

the condition of being double

French: dualisme (fr), dualité (fr) Korean: 이중성 (ijungseong, 二重性) Occitan: dualisme, dualitat

Serbo-Croatian: dualizam (sh) m Spanish: dualismo m, dualidad f

the view that the world consists of two fundamental principles

Catalan: dualisme m Czech: dualismus (cs) m Dutch: dualisme (nl) n German: Dualismus (de) m Hungarian: dualizmus (hu) Korean: 이원론 (ko) (iweonnon, 二元論)

Malay: dualisme Occitan: dualisme Serbo-Croatian: dualizam (sh) m Spanish: dualismo m Telugu: ద్వైతము (te) (dvaitamu) Turkish: düalizm (tr), ikicilik (tr)

the belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces

Catalan: dualisme m Czech: dualismus (cs) m French: dualisme (fr) m

Occitan: dualisme Serbo-Croatian: dualizam (sh) m Spanish: dualismo m

See also

• monism
• nondualism

Anagrams

• dual SIM, dual-SIM