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parallelismthe state of being parallel or corresponding in some way

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: the state of being parallel or corresponding in some way

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈpærəlelɪzəm/

Korean meaning: 평행함, 대응관계, 유사성

Korean pronunciation: 패러-렐-이즘 (강세: 패러)

Example Sentences

  • The parallelism in her essay made it sound like a rap song: 'Study hard, work hard, dream hard.'
  • There's an interesting parallelism between learning Korean and climbing Mount Everest - both require extreme patience.
  • The parallelism in the poem's structure helped students memorize it easily.

parallelism

NOUN

//ˈpærəlelɪzəm//

the state of being parallel or corresponding in some way

parallelism concept
💡 Concept

Perfect parallel correspondence and similarity

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parallelism rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Parallelism between journalism and nationalism

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈpærəlelɪzəm/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈpærəlelɪzəm/

🌳Etymology

Rootparallel
Suffix--ism

Origin

그리스어에서 온 단어로, '나란히(parallel)'와 '상태(-ism)'가 결합된 형태입니다. 고대 그리스 수학자들이 평행선의 개념을 정립하면서 생겨난 용어가 문학과 철학 영역으로 확장되었습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

journalismnationalismcapitalism
journalism
nationalism
capitalism

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📝Examples

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The parallelism in her essay made it sound like a rap song: 'Study hard, work hard, dream hard.'

😄 Fun example

There's an interesting parallelism between learning Korean and climbing Mount Everest - both require extreme patience.

The parallelism in the poem's structure helped students memorize it easily.

Historians noted the parallelism between the two revolutions occurring centuries apart.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

similaritycorrespondenceanalogyequivalencesymmetry

Antonyms

differencedivergenceasymmetry

Related

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