Binarism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Binarism is a noun meaning A pair of opposites; a specific binary.
Meaning
A pair of opposites; a specific binary.
More Meanings
- Belief in, or a mode of thought predicated on, a binary; belief that something (for example, gender) is a binary.
Example Sentences
the binarism of male and female; the binarism of North and South
I am interested in discussing some of the tensions and contradictions of Carey's distinction between the ritual and transmission models of communication and in focusing upon those instances where his binarism breaks down.
While the most popular interpretative scheme in Barthes's book proved to be his binarism between the studium and the punctum (the theme and the informational content of the photograph on the one hand, and its affective impact, on the other) […]
Word Forms
- binarisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include binarity, dyadism, dichotomy, pair, doublet, couplet.
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