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binarity

binarity noun: the representation of something as a pair (or set) of binary oppositions.

Noun

binarity (plural binarities)

  1. The representation of something as a pair (or set) of binary oppositions.
    • The binarity of even an obvious pair of opposites like male:female rests on a restricted domain that excludes hermaphrodites, beings with no sex organs (for whatever reason) and so on. While binarity is undoubtedly an essential feature of oppositeness, it is not, on its own, sufficient. There are...2004, William Croft, D. Alan Cruse, Cognitive Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 165
    Antonyms:
    non-binarity
  2. The state of existing as a binary system.

Antonyms of binarity

Forms of binarity

pluralbinarities

Origin of binarity

From binary + -ity.

Questions about binarity

What does binarity mean?
Binarity means the representation of something as a pair (or set) of binary oppositions.
What part of speech is binarity?
Binarity is a noun.
What is the plural of binarity?
The plural of binarity is binarities.

Words near binarity in the dictionary

  1. binarist
  2. binaristic
  3. binaristically
  4. binarists
  5. binarities
  6. binarity
  7. binarization
  8. binarizations
  9. binarize
  10. binarized
  11. binarizes

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