parallelism
noun
the position or relation of parallels.
parallelisms
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pluralof parallelism.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"We are talking about people who did not simply draw lines, but organized them according to recurring principles -- parallelisms, grids, rotations and systematic repetitions: a visual grammar in embryo."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
I think any good historian should eschew simple parallelisms, but I think, in this instance, there actually is a pertinent historical lesson.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2016
I am faced with page after page of alleged parallelisms of phraseology.
From Time Magazine Archive
Author Hoffman has spent years compiling a list of Marlowe-Shakespeare "parallelisms," i.e., extracts from Marlowe's acknowledged works which are repeated or rephrased in the works of Shakespeare.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the parallelisms are too slight to be applicable, or they are common phrases the property of every Englishman.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
