BINARISM


Meaning of BINARISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbī-nə-ˌriz-əm ]

noun

Etymology: French binarisme

Date: 1983

: a mode of thought predicated on stable oppositions (as good and evil or male and female) that is seen in post-structuralist analysis as an inadequate approach to areas of difference ; also : a specific dichotomy subscribed to or reinforced in such thought

the binarism of West and East

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.