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dualistic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | manichaean |
| Derivation | dualism |
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It can already be seen clearly that language is highly dualistic for Saussure.
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However, this feedback mechanism should not be mistaken for a dualistic view.
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In this dualistic state, the Foreign Minister, for example, is a figurehead.
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This problem is usually exemplified by Descartes, who championed a dualistic picture.
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Adler defended this position against many challenges to dualistic theories.
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The dualistic system holds that there is a good power versus an evil power.
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No one-and I mean no one-lays down the quantum dualistic woo the way that Deepak can.
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Our language itself is so dualistic it is hard to even express what I felt.
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Most indigenous African religions have a dualistic concept of the person.
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- Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism; "a Manichaean conflict between good and evil"
- (dualism) 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
- Dualism denotes a state of two parts. The word's origin is the Latin duo, "two". The term 'dualism' was originally coined to denote co-eternal binary opposition, a meaning that is preserved in metaphysical and philosophical duality discourse but has been diluted in general or common usages.
- (Dualism (law)) Dualism is a legal concept which contends that national law and international law are two separate and distinct areas of law. It can be contrasted with the legal theory of monism which contends the opposite. ...
- (Dualism (philosophy)) In philosophy of mind, dualism is a set of views about the relationship between mind and matter, which begins with the claim that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical.Hart, W.D. (1996) "Dualism", in A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind, ed. ...
- (Dualism (politics)) In (Dutch) politics the term Dualism is used to refer to the separation of powers between the Dutch cabinet and parliament. In this respect, the way the Dutch cabinets function is somewhere in between the USA and UK systems of government. ...
- (dualism) Duality; the condition of being double; 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; The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that ...
- (dualism) Any philosophical theory holding that the universe consists of, or can only be explained by, two independent and separate forces, such as matter and spirit, the forces of good and evil, or the supernatural and natural. See also mind-body problem.
- (Dualism) The view that there are two different kinds of stuff, usually mind and matter.
