PARALLELISM


Meaning of PARALLELISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpa-rə-ˌle-ˌli-zəm, -lə-ˌli- ]

noun

Date: 1610

1. : the quality or state of being parallel

2. : resemblance , correspondence

3. : repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect

4. : a theory that mind and matter accompany one another but are not causally related

5. : the independent development of a similar trait in related species or lineages following divergence from a common ancestor

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