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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 — 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 — noun philos. дуализм …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• dualism — 1> филос. дуализм 2> двойственность, раздвоенность 3> выражение или категория двойственного числа …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь



• 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 — ˈdju:əlɪzm сущ.; филос. двойственность, дуализм (философское) дуализм двойственность, раздвоенность выражение или категория двойственного числа dualism двойственность филос. дуализм дуализм раздвоенность …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• dualism — сущ. дуализм а) общ. двойственность, раздвоенность б) фил. (философское учение, исходящее из признания равноправными, не сводимыми друг к другу двух начал духа и материи, идеального и материального) dualism of mind and body дуализм сознания и… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

• dualism — Any view that postulates two kinds of thing in some domain is dualistic; contrasting views according to which there is only one kind of thing are monistic . The most famous example of the contrast is mind–body dualism, contrasted with monism in… …   Philosophy dictionary

• dualism — noun Date: 1794 1. a theory that considers reality to consist of two irreducible elements or modes 2. the quality or state of being dual or of having a dual nature 3. a. a doctrine that the universe is under the dominion of two opposing… …   New Collegiate Dictionary