parallelism

par·al·lel·ism

noun \ˈpa-rə-ˌle-ˌli-zəm, -lə-ˌli-\

Definition of PARALLELISM

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

Examples of PARALLELISM

1. There is some degree of parallelism between the lives of the two women.
2. There is a certain parallelism in the development of the two technologies.

First Known Use of PARALLELISM

1610

Related to PARALLELISM

Synonyms

alikeness, community, comparability, correspondence, likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude

Antonyms

difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness

Related Words

semblance; affinity, analogousness; equation, equivalence, equivalency, par, parity; identicalness, identity, sameness; correlation, relationship; exchangeability, interchangeability; accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruity

Near Antonyms

inequality; conflict, polarity; incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; anomalousness, dichotomy; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence

Other Mathematics and Statistics Terms

abscissa, denominator, divisor, equilateral, exponent, hypotenuse, logarithm, oblique, radii, rhomb

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par·al·lel·ism

noun \ˈpar-ə-ˌlel-ˌiz-əm, -ləl-\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of PARALLELISM

: a philosophical or psychological doctrine that there is a one-to-one correspondence between events in the mind and events in the brain but that the two sets of events exist without interacting in a causal way—called also psychophysical parallelism