Dualism vs Trialism - What's the difference?
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Duality; the condition of being double.
(philosophy) The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil.
(theology) The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
(chemistry, dated) The theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and having opposite chemical or electrical affinities.
A union of three states or political entities.
*1998 , (John Keegan), The First World War , Vintage 2000, p. 53:
*:The consequence of an unsuccessful war might be concession to the Slavs, perhaps the ‘trialism ’ which would undo Austro-Hungarian ‘dualism’.
