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Parallelism — • The balance of verse with verse, an essential and characteristic feature in Hebrew poetry. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Parallelism     Parallelism      …   Catholic encyclopedia

Parallelism (rhetoric) — Parallelism means to give two or more parts of the sentences a similar form so as to give the whole a definite pattern.Parallelisms of various sorts are the chief rhetorical device of Biblical poetry in Hebrew. [CathEncy|wstitle=Parallelism] In… …   Wikipedia

Parallelism — may refer to:* Angle of parallelism, the angle at one vertex of a right hyperbolic triangle that has two hyperparallel sides * Conscious parallelism, price fixing between competitors in an oligopoly that occurs without an actual spoken agreement… …   Wikipedia

Parallelism — Par al*lel*ism, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to place side by side, or parallel: cf. F. parall[ e]lisme.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being parallel. [1913 Webster] 2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity. [1913 Webster] A close parallelism… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Parallelism, Psycho-Physical — • A doctrine which states that the relation between mental processes, on the one hand, and physical, physiological, or cerebral processes on the other, is one merely of invariable concomitance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

parallelism — [par′ə lel΄iz΄əm, par′ələliz΄əm] n. [Gr parallēlismos] 1. the state of being parallel 2. close resemblance; similarity 3. a) the use of parallel structure in writing b) an instance of this 4. Philos. t …   English World dictionary

Parallelism (grammar) — In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses. The application of parallelism in sentence construction improves writing style and readability. Parallelism may also be known as parallel structure or… …   Wikipedia

parallelism — /par euh le liz euhm, leuh liz /, n. 1. the position or relation of parallels. 2. agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel. 3. a parallel or comparison. 4. Metaphys. the doctrine that mental and… …   Universalium

parallelism — [[t]pæ̱rəlelɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT When there is parallelism between two things, there are similarities between them. [FORMAL] The commission sees growing parallelism between the priorities of the European Community and the United States …   English dictionary

Parallelism (philosophy) — In parallelism, mental events and physical events are perfectly coordinated by God; so that when a mental event such as Sally s decision to walk across the room occurs, simultaneously Sally s body heads across the room, in the absence of a direct …   Wikipedia

parallelism — 1. The state of being structurally parallel. 2. In psychology, the mind body doctrine that for every conscious process there is a corresponding or parallel organic process, without asserting a causal interrelation between the two. [para + G.… …   Medical dictionary