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DUALISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dualism mean?
• DUALISM (noun)
The noun DUALISM has 1 sense:
1. the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
Familiarity information: DUALISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dualism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Derivation:
dualist (an adherent of dualism)
dualistic (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism)
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