parallelism

[ par-uh-le-liz-uhm, -luh-liz- ]

/ ˈpær ə lɛˌlɪz əm, -ləˌlɪz- /

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noun

the position or relation of parallels.

agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.

a parallel or comparison.

Metaphysics. the doctrine that mental and bodily processes are concomitant, each varying with variation of the other, but that there is no causal relation of interaction between the two.

Origin of parallelism

First recorded in 1600–10; parallel + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM parallelism

non·par·al·lel·ism, noun

Words nearby parallelism

parallelepiped, parallel evolution, parallel forces, parallel importing, paralleling, parallelism, parallelist, parallelistic, parallelize, parallel motion, parallel of altitude

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Example sentences from the Web for parallelism

But the presence of the nail disturbs their parallelism and squeezes them downwards on both sides of the finger.
Finger Prints|Francis Galton
Nay, between the two cases there is a parallelism even in respect of the exceptions to this automatic action.
Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I|Herbert Spencer
He blends together the different kinds of parallelism as he pleases.
Companion to the Bible|E. P. Barrows
Bergson then proceeds to state and to criticize some of the mischievous ideas which arise from Parallelism.
Bergson and His Philosophy|J. Alexander Gunn

Ordinarily the words responded to the repetition of the musical phrases with a parallelism of their own.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for parallelism

parallelism

/ (ˈpærəlɛˌlɪzəm) /

noun

the state of being parallel

grammar the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect

philosophy the dualistic doctrine that mental and physical processes are regularly correlated but are not causally connected, so that, for example, pain always accompanies, but is not caused by, a pin-prickCompare interactionism, occasionalism

Derived forms of parallelism

parallelist, noun, adjective

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单词	parallelism
释义	parallelism [ par-uh-le-liz-uhm, -luh-liz- ] / ˈpær ə lɛˌlɪz əm, -ləˌlɪz- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR parallelism ON THESAURUS.COM noun the position or relation of parallels. agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel. a parallel or comparison. Metaphysics. the doctrine that mental and bodily processes are concomitant, each varying with variation of the other, but that there is no causal relation of interaction between the two. Origin of parallelism First recorded in 1600–10; parallel + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM parallelism non·par·al·lel·ism, noun Words nearby parallelism parallelepiped, parallel evolution, parallel forces, parallel importing, paralleling, parallelism, parallelist, parallelistic, parallelize, parallel motion, parallel of altitude Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for parallelism But the presence of the nail disturbs their parallelism and squeezes them downwards on both sides of the finger. Finger Prints\|Francis Galton Nay, between the two cases there is a parallelism even in respect of the exceptions to this automatic action. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I\|Herbert Spencer He blends together the different kinds of parallelism as he pleases. Companion to the Bible\|E. P. Barrows Bergson then proceeds to state and to criticize some of the mischievous ideas which arise from Parallelism. Bergson and His Philosophy\|J. Alexander Gunn Ordinarily the words responded to the repetition of the musical phrases with a parallelism of their own. The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)\|Henry Osborn Taylor British Dictionary definitions for parallelism parallelism / (ˈpærəlɛˌlɪzəm) / noun the state of being parallel grammar the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect philosophy the dualistic doctrine that mental and physical processes are regularly correlated but are not causally connected, so that, for example, pain always accompanies, but is not caused by, a pin-prickCompare interactionism, occasionalism Derived forms of parallelism parallelist, noun, adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to parallelism similarity, effigy, image, alikeness, replica, portrait, sameness, resemblance, uniformity, uniformness, equivalence, depiction, affinity, analogy, simile, correspondence, similitude, semblance, form, clone
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parallelism

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British Dictionary definitions for parallelism

noun

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