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duality
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
duality
(noun)
duality
/du
ˈ
æləti/
Brit
/dju
ˈ
æləti/
noun
plural
dualities
duality
/du
ˈ
æləti/
Brit
/dju
ˈ
æləti/
noun
plural
dualities
Britannica Dictionary definition of DUALITY
formal
:
the quality or state of having two parts
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noncount
]
the
duality
of human nature
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They discussed the
dualities
of the novel's characters.
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