What is the meaning of Dualism?

  • (n.) A system which accepts two gods or two original principles, one good and the other evil.
  • (n.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle or a twofold distinction.
  • (n.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit.
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