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- [doo-al-i-tee, dyoo-]
- /duˈæl ɪ ti, dyu-/
- /djuːˈæl.ə.ti/
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- [doo-al-i-tee, dyoo-]
- /duˈæl ɪ ti, dyu-/
Definitions of duality word
- noun duality a dual state or quality. 1
- noun duality Mathematics. a symmetry within a mathematical system such that a theorem remains valid if certain objects, relations, or operations are interchanged, as the interchange of points and lines in a plane in projective geometry. 1
- noun duality The quality or condition of being dual. 1
- noun duality twofold nature 1
- variable noun duality A duality is a situation in which two opposite ideas or feelings exist at the same time. 0
- noun duality the state or quality of being two or in two parts; dichotomy 0
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Origin of duality
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English dualitie < Late Latin duālitās. See dual, -ity
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Parts of speech for Duality
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duality popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
duality usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for duality
noun duality
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
Antonyms for duality
noun duality
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
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