dualist

dualist

English

Etymology

    From dual + -ist.

    Adjective

    dualist (not comparable)

    1. Of or supporting dualism.
      She has a strictly dualist approach to morality.

    Noun

    dualist (plural dualists)

    1. Any person who supports dualism, the belief in absolute good and absolute evil.
      The Manicheans were dualists.
    2. Any person who believes in or argues for the duality of something.
      • 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:
        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.

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    Noun

    dualist c (singular definite dualisten, plural indefinite dualister)

    1. dualist

    Declension

    Declension of dualist
    common
    gender
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative dualist dualisten dualister dualisterne
    genitive dualists dualistens dualisters dualisternes

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    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French dualiste.

    Adjective

    dualist m or n (feminine singular dualistă, masculine plural dualiști, feminine/neuter plural dualiste)

    1. dualistic

    Declension

    Declension of dualist
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative
    indefinite dualist dualistă dualiști dualiste
    definite dualistul dualista dualiștii dualistele
    genitive-
    dative
    indefinite dualist dualiste dualiști dualiste
    definite dualistului dualistei dualiștilor dualistelor