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 — 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 — index analogy, identity (similarity), parity, propinquity (similarity) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
parallelism — (n.) c.1600, from Gk. parallelismos, from parallelizein (see PARALLEL (Cf. parallel)) … Etymology dictionary
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 — /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 — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Parallelism >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,216a,} parallelism Sgm: N 1 coextension coextension Sgm: N 1 equidistance equidistance PARAG:Parallelism >Adj GRP: Adj 1 Sgm: Adj 1 parallel parallel … English dictionary for students
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 — UK [ˈpærəleˌlɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈperəlelˌɪzəm] noun Word forms parallelism : singular parallelism plural parallelisms formal 1) [uncountable] the quality or state of being similar to something else 2) [countable] a quality or feature that makes… … English dictionary
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
