Other Word Forms
- dualistically adverb
- nondualistic adjective
- nondualistically adverb
- undualistic adjective
- undualistically adverb
Etymology
Origin of dualistic
Example Sentences
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How did you approach playing such a complicated, dualistic guy?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024
Zoroastrianism is a universal faith with both monotheistic and dualistic elements, and with rituals and beliefs based on the teachings of the prophet Zoroaster, who lived sometime in the first millennium BCE.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
“Gotabaya has a dualistic personality — one side of that personality that the country has seen is this unilateralist, quite insensitive ex-military man,” Jayatilleka said.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
She's the fire in this group that contrasts with Nélisse's Shauna, whose quiet poker face is a precursor to Lynskey's dualistic portrayal.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021
“If it is for your brother, it’s for you as well. That’s one place you dualistic types have it over the rest of us, eh?”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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