dualism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun Duality; the condition of being double.
2. 2
   noun The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil.
3. 3
   noun The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
4. 4
   noun The theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and having opposite chemical or electrical affinities.