parallelism
Americannoun
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the position or relation of parallels.
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agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.
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a parallel or comparison.
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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.
noun
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the state of being parallel
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grammar the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect
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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-prick Compare interactionism occasionalism
Other Word Forms
- nonparallelism noun
- parallelist noun
Etymology
Origin of parallelism
Example Sentences
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This "higher-dimensional" processing is enabled by exploiting multiple different radio frequencies to encode the data, propelling parallelism to a level far beyond that previously achieved.
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023
The team anticipates further enhancement in computing parallelism in the future, by exploiting more degrees of freedom of light, such as polarization and mode multiplexing.
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023
“There is no hard and fast rule on number of reiterations needed to produce retention. Concise, vividly phrased messages that employ parallelism and alliteration are more readily remembered.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023
There’s a satisfying parallelism to the dynamics between the two pairs — the chemistry, the witty repartee, the heartbreak one character offers, intentionally or unintentionally, to another.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022
Figures of antithesis or parallelism may serve to frame or advance an argument; apoplanesis* to avoid one.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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