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parallelism

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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.
parallelism
Noun
1. the state of being parallel
2. a close likeness
parallelism
the quality of being parallel.
See also: Mathematics
the theory that mind and matter accompany each other but are not causally related.
See also: Philosophy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.parallelism - similarity by virtue of corresponding
correspondence
similarity - the quality of being similar
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The modern doctrine of psychophysical parallelism is not appreciably different from this theory of the Cartesian school.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
In this way the curious parallelism to animal motions, which was so striking and disturbing to the human beholder, was attained.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
Around a great fire which burned on a large, circular flagstone, the flames of which had heated red-hot the legs of a tripod, which was empty for the moment, some wormeaten tables were placed, here and there, haphazard, no lackey of a geometrical turn having deigned to adjust their parallelism, or to see to it that they did not make too unusual angles.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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