What's the difference between dualist and duelist?

Dualist


Definition:

  • (n.) One who believes in dualism; a ditheist.
  • (n.) One who administers two offices.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) - These results confirm the dualistic effect of muscular work.
  • (2) This essay eschews reductionist, dualist, and identity-theory attempts to resolve this problem, and offers an ontology--"monistic dual-aspect interactionism"--for the biopsychosocial model.
  • (3) It is argued that Bunge's dialectic is developed from a dualistic universe and is, therefore, incompatible with Rogers's views on the unitary nature of phenomena.
  • (4) This suggests that transcriptional events are not necessary for the insulin-mediated increase in TAT activity, and also suggests a dualistic mechanism for the cAMP-induced increase in TAT activity.
  • (5) Our knowledge of the effects in biological systems of various stimuli proves to be dualistic in a complementary (although not mutually exclusive) way, which bears resemblance to the knowledge of phenomena in quantum physics.
  • (6) Considering the role of HLA as a restriction element in cellular interactions during the immune response, these findings suggest that HLA compatibility may have a dualistic effect on liver transplant outcome.
  • (7) Some would attribute the problem, at least in part, to the enduring heritage of Descartes, who imprinted dualistic notions of a separation of mind and body upon medical education and practice.
  • (8) If asymmetric compounds elicit effects suggesting a dualistic action at the calcium channel, then the stereoisomers should be prepared.
  • (9) Francis Bacon's view of man is dualistic but, although he takes note of mental faculties, he makes the relation between mind and body, rather than the substance of mind, the basis for enquiry into mental processes and, more particularly, for the medically relevant study of mind.
  • (10) More than 50% of PMs are not satisfied with the dualistic management that exists mainly in the General Sick Fund.
  • (11) In conclusion, thyroid hormone has dualistic effects on the secretory proteins synthesized by a human hepatoblastoma cell line: physiological concentrations of thyroid hormones decrease the synthesis of TBG, but increase the synthesis of AGP.
  • (12) It is demonstrated that oestrogen has a dualistic effect on the immune system by suppressing antigen-specific T-cell dependent immune reactions while enhancing B-cell activities.
  • (13) A dualistic function for the natriuretic ATP.inhibiting factor is formulated on the basis of a phenomenon like compensatory renal adaption of residual nephrons: 1.
  • (14) The results obtained characterize DHE as a noncompetitive dualist at vascular 5-HT receptors.
  • (15) The dualistic "limbs" of biological knowledge are the action of stimuli and the response of the exposed, biological system.
  • (16) BC-105 was nearly equipotent in antagonizing responses to 5-HT, E and DHE suggesting that both ergot alkaloids act as noncompetitive dualists at the 5-HT receptor.
  • (17) These errors include the researcher's: erotophobia, dualistic thinking, use of "self-labels," and most important, misuse of the Kinsey Scale as a basic definitional assumption.
  • (18) The data indicated that (a) reliance on gender labels as judgment cues remains stable developmentally, (b) use of individuating information (particularly masculine individuating information) increases with age, and (c) the relationship between masculinity and femininity becomes increasingly negative with age, suggesting that gender may initially be viewed in dualistic terms but later as a unidimensional construct.
  • (19) According to the concentrations used, all three substances showed an apparent dualist mechanism of action on both preparations when histamine (dihydrochloride) was used as the agonist.
  • (20) This is substantiated both philosophically and by taking issue with dualist concepts as well as those which absolutize the psychological aspect.

Duelist


Definition:

  • (n.) One who fights in single combat.

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