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noun Philosophy.

the view that mental and bodily events occur in parallel series without causal interaction.

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Compare occasionalism.

Origin of psychophysical parallelism

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby psychophysical parallelism

psychopathic personality, psychopathology, psychopathy, psychopharmacology, psychopharmacotherapy, psychophysical parallelism, psychophysics, psychophysiological, psychophysiologic disorder, psychophysiology, psychopomp

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How to use psychophysical parallelism in a sentence

In order to reach the star at lower culmination the finder tube had to be thrown out of parallelism with the main telescope.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler
The expression for a sin-offering is distinct ( ), and the parallelism with in the next clause forbids that reference here.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney
Is this apparent parallelism mere chance, or is it due to a certain amount of similarity in conditions?
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
A very distinct parallelism is seen between the nature worship rites and phallic rites.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II

There is a very striking parallelism between these two rites.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II