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Parallelism

Parallelism Meaning & Definition
Parallelism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parallelism?

[n] similarity by virtue of correspondence

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parallelism: correspondence

Related Terms | Find terms related to Parallelism: accompaniment | accord | accordance | affinity | agreement | alikeness | allegory | alliance | analogy | aping | approach | approximation | assent | assimilation | balance | balancing | bilateral symmetry | chorus | closeness | coequality | coextension | coherence | coincidence | community | comparability | comparative anatomy | comparative degree | comparative grammar | comparative judgment | comparative linguistics | comparative literature | comparative method | compare | comparing | comparison | compatibility | concert | concomitance | concomitancy | concord | concordance | concurrence | conformance | conformation | conformity | confrontation | confrontment | congeniality | congruence | congruency | congruity | consistency | consonance | consort | contrast | contrastiveness | co-occurrence | cooperation | copying | correlation | correspondence | distinction | distinctiveness | dynamic symmetry | equality | equation | equilibrium | equipoise | equipollence | equiponderance | equity | equivalence | equivalency | eurythmics | eurythmy | evenness | finish | harmony | identity | imitation | intersection | justice | keeping | levelness | likeness | likening | matching | metaphor | mimicking | multilateral symmetry | nearness | oneness | opposing | opposition | overlap | par | parity | peace | poise | polarity | proportion | proportionality | rapport | regularity | relation | resemblance | sameness | self-consistency | semblance | shapeliness | similarity | simile | similitude | simulation | simultaneity | symmetricalness | symmetry | sync | synchronism | tally | timing | togetherness | trilateral symmetry | trope of comparison | uniformity | union | unison | unisonance | weighing | withness

See Also | similarity

Parallelism In Webster's Dictionary

\Par"al*lel*ism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to place side by side, or parallel: cf. F. parall['e]lisme.] 1. The quality or state of being parallel. 2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity. A close parallelism of thought and incident. --T. Warton. 3. Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. --Judg. v. 27.
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