dualism

1. n. State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction Source: opted

2. n. A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit. Source: opted

3. n. A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil. Source: opted

4. n. The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate. Source: opted

5. n. The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. Source: opted

6. 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 Source: wordnet

7. 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 elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.) (b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil. (c) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate. (d) (Physiol.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole. Emerson. Source: webster

8. State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any systemwhich is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as:(a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original andindependent elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.)(b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, onegood and the other evil.(c) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decreeof God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the electand the reprobate.(d) (Physiol.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere actsindependently of the other.An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half,and suggests another thing to make it whole. Emerson. Source: adambom

9. n:100 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 Source: ecdict

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