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dyadisms

dyadisms is the plural of dyadism.

Meaning of dyadism

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

Questions about dyadisms

What is dyadisms the plural of?
Dyadisms is the plural of dyadism.

Words near dyadisms in the dictionary

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

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