dualist
dualist adjective: of or supporting dualism.
Adjective
dualist (not comparable)
- Of or supporting dualism.
- She has a strictly dualist approach to morality.
Noun
dualist (plural dualists)
- Any person who supports dualism, the belief in absolute good and absolute evil.
- The Manicheans were dualists.
- Any person who believes in or argues for the duality of something.
- Regarding the second option, suppose that a substance dualist who is also a theist accounts for the conceptual possibility of a mental difference by claiming that God decided to put a soul in one individual but not the other.2007 February 7, Jeff Wisdom, “Base property exemplification and mixed worlds: remarks on the Shafer-Landau/Mabrito exchange”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI
dualist meaning in Tamil and Arabic
dualist in Tamil
- இரட்டைக் கருத்து, இரட்டைச் சிந்தனை, இருமனம் கொண்டார்
dualist in Arabic
- person supporting dualism
- ثَنَوِيّ ṯanawiyy
Forms of dualist
| plural | dualists |
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Origin of dualist
From dual + -ist.
Words formed from dualist
Questions about dualist
- What does dualist mean?
- Dualist means of or supporting dualism.
- What is dualist in Tamil?
- Dualist in Tamil is இரட்டைக் கருத்து, இரட்டைச் சிந்தனை, இருமனம் கொண்டார். See Dualist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dualist?
- Dualist can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near dualist in the dictionary
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