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binarism

binarism noun: a pair of opposites; a specific binary.

Noun

binarism (plural binarisms)

  1. A pair of opposites; a specific binary.
    • the binarism of male and female; the binarism of North and South
  2. Belief in, or a mode of thought predicated on, a binary; belief that something (for example, gender) is a binary.
    • I am interested in discussing some of the tensions and contradictions of Carey's distinction between the ritual and transmission models of communication and in focusing upon those instances where his binarism breaks down.2006, Jeremy Packer, Craig Robertson, Thinking with James Carey: Essays, page 30
    • While the most popular interpretative scheme in Barthes's book proved to be his binarism between the studium and the punctum (the theme and the informational content of the photograph on the one hand, and its affective impact, on the other) […]2015, Camera Graeca: Photographs, Narratives, Materialities

Forms of binarism

pluralbinarisms

Origin of binarism

From binary + -ism.

Questions about binarism

What does binarism mean?
Binarism means a pair of opposites; a specific binary.
What part of speech is binarism?
Binarism is a noun.
What is the plural of binarism?
The plural of binarism is binarisms.

Words near binarism in the dictionary

  1. binarisations
  2. binarise
  3. binarised
  4. binarises
  5. binarising
  6. binarism
  7. binarisms
  8. binarist
  9. binaristic
  10. binaristically
  11. binarists

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