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Dualism — • Denotes the religious or theological system which would explain the universe as the outcome of two eternally opposed and coexisting principles Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dualism Dualism … Catholic encyclopedia
DUALISM — DUALISM, the religious or philosophical doctrine which holds that reality consists, or is the outcome, of two ultimate principles which cannot be reduced to one more ultimate first cause. Dualistic systems have appeared in philosophical… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
dualism — Dualism is the doctrine that, in a certain respect, there are two things or two sorts of thing. The most common use of the word now among Christian philosophers is to refer to the doctrine (properly substance dualism ) that the human person is … Christian Philosophy
dualism — DUALÍSM s.n. 1. Concepţie, doctrină care consideră ca principiu al existenţei două elemente diferite şi ireductibile, materia şi spiritul. 2. (impr.) Dualitate. 3. Formă de conducere statală realizată, în 1867, printr o uniune personală între… … Dicționar Român
Dualism — Du al*ism, n. [Cf. F. 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 original and independent… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dualism — 1794, from Fr. dualisme (1755), in philosophical and theological senses; see DUAL (Cf. dual) + ISM (Cf. ism) … Etymology dictionary
dualism — ► NOUN 1) division into two opposed or contrasted aspects, such as good and evil or mind and matter. 2) duality. DERIVATIVES dualist noun & adjective dualistic adjective … English terms dictionary
dualism — [do͞o′əliz΄əm, dyo͞o′əliz΄əm] n. 1. the state of being dual; duality 2. Philos. the theory that the world is ultimately composed of, or explicable in terms of, two basic entities, as mind and matter 3. Theol. a) the doctrine that there are two… … English World dictionary
Dualism — For other uses, see Dualism (disambiguation). 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… … Wikipedia
dualism — dualist, n., adj. /dooh euh liz euhm, dyooh /, n. 1. the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two. 2. Philos. a. the view that there are just two mutually irreducible substances. Cf. monism, pluralism. b. the view that… … Universalium
dualism — [[t]dju͟ːəlɪzəm, AM du͟ː [/t]] N UNCOUNT Dualism is the state of having two main parts or aspects, or the belief that something has two main parts or aspects. [FORMAL] He ignores the traditional Christian dualism between body and soul. ...the… … English dictionary
