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dualist|ˈdjuːəlɪst|
[f. dual + -ist: cf. F. dualiste.]
1. One who holds a doctrine of dualism or duality.
a1822Shelley Christianity Pr. Wks. 1880 II. 340 The Stoic, the Platonist, the Polytheist, the Dualist, and the Trinitarian. 1845R. Balmer Lect. & Disc. I. vi. 305 For a certain portion of his life he was a dualist, a believer in the doctrine of the duality of persons in the Godhead. 1872Liddon Elem. Relig. iv. 149 We of this generation are not Dualists.
attrib.1850Daubeny Atom. The. i. (ed. 2) 49 When two kinds of matter shew an affinity one for the other, it is because they are actually penetrable..This, which has been called the Dualist system, presents..but an obscure and imperfect image to the mind.
†2. A holder of two offices. Obs. rare.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Wilts iii. (1662) 154 He was a Duallist in that Convent (and if a Pluralist, no ingenious person would have envied him). |