Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dualist

/dˈuəlɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: du-al-ist
IPA: /dˈuəlɪst/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or supporting dualism.

noun

Any person who supports dualism, the belief in absolute good and absolute evil.

noun

Any person who believes in or argues for the duality of something.

Example Sentences

"She has a strictly dualist approach to morality."
"The Manicheans were dualists."
"Regarding the second option, suppose that a substance dualist who is also a theist accounts for the conceptual possibility of a mental difference by claiming that God decided to put a soul in one individual but not the other."

Etymology

Etymology tree English dual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English dualist From dual + -ist.

Inflected Forms

dualists (plural)

Derived Forms

antidualist dualistic nondualist

Frequently Paired Words

dualism

Homonyms

duelist

Rhymes With

individualist duelist

Questions

How do you pronounce dualist?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈuəlɪst/.
What does dualist mean?: Of or supporting dualism.
Where does dualist come from?: Etymology tree English dual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English dualist From dual + -ist.

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