DUALISMS
Noun
dualisms
plural of dualism
Source: Wiktionary
DUALISM
Du"al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dualisme.]
Definition: State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system
which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as:
(a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original and
independent elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.)
(b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one
good and the other evil.
(c) 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.
(d) (Physiol.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts
independently of the other.
An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half,
and suggests another thing to make it whole. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition