parallelistic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or of the nature of a parallelism.
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of or relating to the metaphysical doctrine of parallelism or to its adherents.
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resembling, approaching, or characterized by parallelism.
Etymology
Origin of parallelistic
First recorded in 1865–70; parallelist + -ic
Example Sentences
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You could call wilfing multitasking, or parallelistic cognitive layering – or you could call it cocking around on the web.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2011
Wundt himself, the most notable modern champion of parallelism, admits and defines these limits of the parallelistic theory on both sides.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
And we should require to find out through what parallelistic or abruptly idealistic system the “without” was done away with in this case.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
Usually after they have laid the foundations of a purely parallelistic theory, they abandon it again as quickly as possible, and revert to the expressions and images of ordinary thought.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
This theory of Albrecht's has all the charms and difficulties, or impossibilities, of parallelistic interpretations in general.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
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