Antonyms for parallelism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : par-uh-le-liz-uh m, -luh-liz-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær ə lɛˌlɪz əm, -ləˌlɪz-


Definition of parallelism

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Greek parallelismos, from parallelizein (see parallel).
  • noun likeness
Example sentences :
  • There is, therefore, usually a parallelism and consistency in their great 5.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Or is this merely assigned to them by way of parallelism with men?
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • I cannot persuade myself that this parallelism is an accident or an illusion.
  • Extract from : « On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection » by Charles Darwin
  • But here in Serres' 081doctrine of parallelism a complication enters.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • The law of parallelism applied not only to Vertebrates but also to Invertebrates.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • We have seen what were von Baer's criticisms of the theory of parallelism.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • That only so much is quoted as may exhibit the parallelism; and, 3.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 » by Various
  • In those there was much similarity, indeed, in many respects a parallelism.
  • Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
  • Here again we find a parallelism, as in case of music scales, etc.
  • Extract from : « Negro Folk Rhymes » by Thomas W. Talley
  • I said a little while ago that parallelism was a perfected materialism.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet

Synonyms for parallelism

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