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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dualism

/do͞o'-əl-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Du·al·ism · IPA /dˈuːəlˌɪzəm/
01 n. State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction
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    State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction(Philos.)
    “An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole.” Emerson.