Parallelism
['pærəlelɪzəm] or ['pærəlɛl'ɪzəm]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being parallel.
(n.) Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
(n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
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Examples
- He objected to the parallelism with a twentieth-century crowd. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am fully persuaded that this double parallelism is by no means an accident or an illusion. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Notwithstanding this general parallelism in the conditions of Old and New Worlds, how widely different are their living productions! Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In one respect the empire of Ardashir I presented a curious parallelism with that of Constantine the Great a hundred years later. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A similar parallelism holds good with an allied yet very different class of facts. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Thaddeus