binarity

American  

[bahy-nar-i-tee, -nair-] / baɪˈnær ɪ ti, -ˈnɛər- /

Also binarism

noun

Linguistics.

1. a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.

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Etymology

Origin of binarity

binar(y) + -ity