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par·al·lel·ism

(par'ă-lel-izm),
1. The state of being structurally parallel.
2. In psychology, the mind-body doctrine that for every conscious process a corresponding or parallel organic process exists, without asserting a causal interrelation between the two.
[para- + G. allēlōn, of one another, fr. allos, other]
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parallelism

see CONVERGENCE.
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par·al·lel·ism

(par'ă-lel-izm)
State of being structurally parallel.
[para- + G. allēlōn, of one another, fr. allos, other]
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