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dyadism

dyadism noun: the tendency to categorize things into dyads or pairs; binary classification.

Noun

dyadism (usually uncountable, plural dyadisms)

  1. (usually) The tendency to categorize things into dyads or pairs; binary classification.
    • Many intersex people and intersex studies scholars note how various oppressive systems—interphobia, heterosexism, phallogocentrism, queerphobia, as well as compulsory dyadism, heterosexuality, and able-bodiedness—work together to justify curative violence.2021, Rohini Bannerjee, Karim Mukhida, From Band-Aids to Scalpels: Motherhood Experiences in/of Medicine, Demeter Press, →ISBN

Forms of dyadism

pluraldyadisms

Origin of dyadism

From dyad + -ism.

Questions about dyadism

What does dyadism mean?
Dyadism means the tendency to categorize things into dyads or pairs; binary classification.
What part of speech is dyadism?
Dyadism is a noun.
What is the plural of dyadism?
The plural of dyadism is dyadisms.

Words near dyadism in the dictionary

  1. dyadic operation
  2. dyadic operations
  3. dyadically
  4. dyadicity
  5. dyadics
  6. dyadism
  7. dyadisms
  8. dyads
  9. dyadwise
  10. Dyak
  11. dyakis dodecahedron

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