[1795–1805; dual + -istic]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baseball, crunch, hopscotch, mirage, steeplechase-istic is a suffix of adjectives (and in the plural, of nouns from adjectives) formed fromnouns ending in -ist and having reference to such nouns, or to associated nouns in -ism (deistic; euphuistic; puristic). In nouns, it usually has a plural form (linguistics)
Examples of 'dualistic' in a sentence
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That's one place you dualistic types have it over the rest of us, eh?
Neil Gaiman AMERICAN GODS (2001)
One is a rejection of dualistic approaches to the human person.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Even the performances of his actors are dualistic.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Indeed, it's far from clear that we need a dualistic story to account for aspiration.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
He was very conscious of the dualistic nature of the world and within his own self, as well.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is not (as is frequently suggested) an arbitrary rule, dualistic in overtone and killjoy in intention.