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Definition of "dualist" [du•al•ist]

  • Of or supporting dualism (adjective)
  • Any person who supports dualism, the belief in absolute good and absolute evil (noun)
  • Any person who believes in or argues for the duality of something (noun)

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Use "dualist" in a sentence
  • "Kagan spends the first about 10 sessions presenting an apologia (sort of) for the physicalist [5] view that the soul is "[something the body can do]" [1] rather than an immaterial entity intimately associated with the body (what is called the dualist view)."
  • "The UK legal system is dualist, that is to say, there is a clear separation between domestic legislation and international treaties or obligations."
  • "At the end of the day, the only considerable difference between strong 'emergent property' claims and 'dualist' claims of substance or most any other stripe is that the former is supposed to no longer be around once the matter is gone, while the latter's activity is not supposed to be discernible while still existent in the same case."