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parallelist

[ par-uh-lel-ist, -luh-list ]

noun

  1. a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
  2. an adherent of the metaphysical doctrine of parallelism.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of parallelist1

First recorded in 1785–95; parallel + -ist

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Example Sentences

On the one hand it includes the parallelist conception which we have recognised as effete.

Let it be understood that I am here pointing out one of the forms, and that the most usual, of the parallelist theory.

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