parallelistic

[ par-uh-lel-is-tik, -luh-lis- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a parallelism.
2. of or relating to the metaphysical doctrine of parallelism or to its adherents.
3. resembling, approaching, or characterized by parallelism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of parallelistic¹

First recorded in 1865–70; parallelist + -ic

Example Sentences

Sans the Masters—which, fun fact, is played at the same venue every year—the Open Championship is the most dependable, and parallelistic, of the traveling major championships.

From Golf Digest

But the contested parallelistic interpretation of this dependence is made far more probable through other grounds.

From Project Gutenberg

Usually after they have laid the foundations of a purely parallelistic theory, they abandon it again as quickly as possible, and revert to the expressions and images of ordinary thought.

From Project Gutenberg

And we should require to find out through what parallelistic or abruptly idealistic system the “without” was done away with in this case.

From Project Gutenberg

This theory of Albrecht's has all the charms and difficulties, or impossibilities, of parallelistic interpretations in general.

From Project Gutenberg