Binarism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pair of opposites; a specific binary.

    "the binarism of male and female; the binarism of North and South"

  2. 2
    Belief in, or a mode of thought predicated on, a binary; belief that something (for example, gender) is a binary.

    "I am interested in discussing some of the tensions and contradictions of Carey's distinction between the ritual and transmission models of communication and in focusing upon those instances where his binarism breaks down."

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"the binarism of male and female; the binarism of North and South"

Etymology

From binary + -ism.

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