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Meaning of 'dualism' (Webster Dictionary)

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