Dualistic
adj
adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to dualism.
"A second difficulty that has distanced Mary from the communion of saints […] is the strategy that casts her as the feminine ideal and thus sets her up as the model for all other women. Those who take this approach invariably use a dualistic anthropology that divides male and female into watertight compartments, elevating sex to an ontological principle that results in virtually two types of human nature."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism wordnet
Example
More examples"The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a "thing" seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a see-er. There can only be a seeing which itself is Truth."
Etymology
From dual + -istic.
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