duality
/d(j)uːˈælɪti/
duality noun: the quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
Noun
duality (countable and uncountable, plural dualities)
- The quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
- the moral duality of certain characters
- Mother Nature's eternal duality, both life-giving and destructive
- The aggregate of two complementary subclasses or parts.
- philosophical duality
- The novel explored the duality of good and evil.
- The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system.
- wave-particle duality
- The interchangeability of points and planes.
duality meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
duality in Hindi
- द्वैतता, द्वैत
duality in Tamil
- இருமையியல்பு, இருமை
duality in Marathi
- द्वैतता, द्वैत, दुहेरीपणा
duality in Urdu
- دوئی
More languagesFewer languages
- duality in Bengali
- দ্বৈত dōit
- duality in Telugu
- ద్వంద్వత్వం, ద్వైతం
- duality in Malayalam
- ദ്വൈതത്വം, ദ്വൈതത
- duality in Kannada
- ದ್ವಂದ್ವತೆ, ದ್ವೈತತೆ
- duality in Punjabi
- ਦੋਹਰੇਪਣ, ਦੋਹਰੇਪਨ, ਦੋਹਰੀਅਤ
- duality in Gujarati
- દ્વૈતતા, દ્વૈત
- duality in Odia
- ଦ୍ୱୈତତା, ଦ୍ବୈତତା, ଦ୍ୱୈତତ୍ୱ
- duality in Sanskrit
- द्वैत dvaitá, द्वय dvayá
- duality in Nepali
- द्वैतता, द्वैत
- duality in Persian
- زوجیت
Examples of duality in a sentence
- He was fascinated by the duality of human nature.
- that fundamental duality that characterises the life of all animals—hungry or sated
Synonyms of duality
Forms of duality
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Origin of duality
From Latin duālitās. Equivalent to dual + -ity.
Words formed from duality
Words that rhyme with duality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- formality
- instrumentality
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- irrationality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- brutality
- centrality
- externality
- generality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- conventionality
- cordiality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- extraterritoriality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- magnality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about duality
- What does duality mean?
- Duality means the quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
- What is duality in Hindi?
- Duality in Hindi is द्वैतता, द्वैत. See Duality meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use duality in a sentence?
- He was fascinated by the duality of human nature.
- What part of speech is duality?
- Duality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce duality?
- Duality is pronounced /d(j)uːˈælɪti/.
- What is the plural of duality?
- The plural of duality is dualities.
Words near duality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: duality (page history and authors); duality (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duality (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); দ্বৈত (Bengali) (page history and authors); duality (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duality (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duality (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duality (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duality (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duality (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); द्वय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); duality (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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