Antonyms for duality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : doo-al-i-tee, dyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : duˈæl ɪ ti, dyu-


Definition of duality

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French dualité (14c.), from Late Latin dualitas, from Latin dualis (see dual).
  • As in pair : noun two of something
  • As in two : noun two of something
  • As in duplicity : noun deception
Example sentences :
  • The weakness of the play, as I have said, lies in its duality of action.
  • Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
  • Duality is the root, out of which alone, for mortals, happiness can spring.
  • Extract from : « The Substance of a Dream » by F. W. Bain
  • This then is the duality of my day and my night being: a duality so bitter to an adolescent.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • In her, the duality of her being had created two distinct lives.
  • Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford
  • In a way, every one must have a sort of duality—a good and evil principle.
  • Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford
  • But this duality of intuition Kant neither would nor could admit.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • Their duality is unfathomable because the soul is unfathomable.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • At these moments the soul seems to rend and tear at the very roots of this duality.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • Without such a duality it is impossible to conceive any soul existing.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • The following are a few examples of duality taken from nature.
  • Extract from : « Reincarnation » by Th. Pascal

Synonyms for duality

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