Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds the doctrine of dualism in any of its forms; an opponent of monism; especially, one who admits the existence both of spirit and of matter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who believes in dualism; a ditheist.
- noun One who administers two offices.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or supporting
dualism - noun Any person who supports
dualism , the belief in absolute good and absolute evil - noun Any person who believes in or argues for the
duality of something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an adherent of dualism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kagan spends the first about 10 sessions presenting an apologia (sort of) for the physicalist [5] view that the soul is "[something the body can do]" [1] rather than an immaterial entity intimately associated with the body (what is called the dualist view).
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Sam MB 2009
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The UK legal system is dualist, that is to say, there is a clear separation between domestic legislation and international treaties or obligations.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The UK legal system is dualist, that is to say, there is a clear separation between domestic legislation and international treaties or obligations.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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At the end of the day, the only considerable difference between strong 'emergent property' claims and 'dualist' claims of substance or most any other stripe is that the former is supposed to no longer be around once the matter is gone, while the latter's activity is not supposed to be discernible while still existent in the same case.
The Memory Hole 2005
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According to the view that the Ninth Circuit took in this case (roughly corresponding to the “dualist” view of international law (see here)), treaties and other international law norms can be binding on some level as between states, but do not form part of domestic law.
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Yeah 'freakin' scary that an imaginary representation of the dualist Zoroastrianian personification of evil the Jews learned in Babylon then applied to their own religion should now be posited by utter morons and applied to other cultures and religions without the slightest hint of shame of their own.
Storing up trouble: Pakistan's nuclear bombs | Editorial 2011
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But that is under a British style dualist system, right?
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I suppose what I'm saying is, there are a variety of views that can mesh with the science – dualist, monist, and otherwise.
Against Darwinism 2009
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If this is the outcome you favour, why not amend the Constitution to adopt the dualist system of international law the way the Brits have it?
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If this is the outcome you favour, why not amend the Constitution to adopt the dualist system of international law the way the Brits haveit?
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