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du·al·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

  1. the state of being dual; duality
  2. Philos. the theory that the world is ultimately composed of, or explicable in terms of, two basic entities, as mind and matter
  3. Theol.
    1. the doctrine that there are two mutually antagonistic principles in the universe, good and evil
    2. the doctrine that man has two natures, physical and spiritual

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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