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
Under Mussolini, his gift for such parallelisms led first to his "quarantine" in Italy, then his expulsion.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is just another of those unexpected parallelisms between life and literature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Mr. Edmundson's book is out of print, we have been asked to give a list of his parallelisms between the "Lucifer" and Milton.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel
