单词 | parallelism |
释义 | parallelismnoun par·al·lel·ism ˈper-ə-ˌle-ˌli-zəm -lə-ˌli-, ˈpa-rə- 1 : the quality or state of being parallel the parallelism of architectural figures 2 : resemblance, correspondence parallelism between obesity and hypertension H. M. Marvin 3 : repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect biblical poetry relies largely on parallelism of lines E. P. Sanders 4 : a theory that mind and matter accompany one another but are not causally related 5 : the independent development of similar traits or features (as of body structure or behavior) in different species or lineages that have common ancestry and that typically occupy similar environments or ecological niches : parallel evolution parallelism nounas in similarity the quality or state of having many qualities in common the striking parallelism between the two crimes got police to thinking that they were committed by the same mastermind Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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