DUALISM

noun the theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other.

2. dualism ·noun a system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil.

3. dualism ·noun a view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit.

4. dualism ·noun state of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction.

5. dualism ·noun the doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of god, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate.