Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of or involving parallelism; like, but not plagiaristic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism.
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- adjective Of the nature of a
parallelism ; involvingparallelism .
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Examples
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Mill could have found, and perhaps did find, this parallelistic solution congenial.
John Stuart Mill Wilson, Fred 2007
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But the form of the sentences in Bæda's prose shows a close adherence to the parallelistic structure of Old English verse, and the alliterating words in the poem are in nearly every case the most obvious and almost the inevitable equivalents of those used by Bæda.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Its outcome is monism, materialistic, idealistic, or parallelistic, according as the series is conceived after the pattern of matter, or of mind, or of some reality combining both.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Up to a certain point, the facts of experience are capable of a parallelistic, as well as of a dualistic, explanation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Secondly, if the parallelistic theory be true, what, ask the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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To all these parallelistic explanations of the relations between soul and body the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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But the situation is entirely changed, if we consider the smell effect from the point of view of the parallelistic theory.
Psychotherapy Hugo M��nsterberg 1889
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