parallelism

par·al·lel·ism  (pr-l-lzm)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being parallel; a parallel relationship.

2. Likeness, correspondence, or similarity in aspect, course, or tendency.

3. Grammar The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases.

4. Philosophy The doctrine that to every mental change there corresponds a concomitant but causally unconnected physical alteration.

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parallelism [ˈpærəlɛˌlɪzəm]

n

1. the state of being parallel

2. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect

3. (Philosophy) 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

parallelist  n & adj

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parallelism

the quality of being parallel.

See also: Mathematics

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the theory that mind and matter accompany each other but are not causally related.

See also: Philosophy

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

parallelism - similarity by virtue of corresponding correspondence similarity - the quality of being similar

Translations

parallelism [ˈpærəlelɪzəm] N → paralelismo m

parallelism

n (of lines) → Parallelität f; (of cases also) → Ähnlichkeit f