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parallelism

[ par-uh-le-liz-uhm, -luh-liz- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the position or relation of parallels.
agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.
a parallel or comparison.
Metaphysics. the doctrine that mental and bodily processes are concomitant, each varying with variation of the other, but that there is no causal relation of interaction between the two.

parallelism

/ ˈpærəlɛˌlɪzəm /

the state of being parallel
grammar the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect
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

First recorded in 1600–10; parallel + -ism

In order to reach the star at lower culmination the finder tube had to be thrown out of parallelism with the main telescope.

The expression for a sin-offering is distinct ( ), and the parallelism with in the next clause forbids that reference here.

Is this apparent parallelism mere chance, or is it due to a certain amount of similarity in conditions?

A very distinct parallelism is seen between the nature worship rites and phallic rites.

There is a very striking parallelism between these two rites.

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