dyadism

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noun

The tendency to categorize things into dyads or pairs; binary classification.

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Meanings

noundyadism (usually uncountable, plural dyadisms)

plural dyadisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe tendency to categorize things into dyads or pairs; binary classification.

    Many intersex people and intersex studies scholars note how various oppressive systems—interphobia, heterosexism, phallogocentrism, queerphobia, as well as compulsory dyadism, heterosexuality, and able-bodiedness—work together to justify curative violence.

    2021, Rohini Bannerjee, Karim Mukhida, From Band-Aids to Scalpels: Motherhood Experiences in/of Medicine, Demeter Press, →ISBN

Origin

From dyad + -ism.

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APA

dyadism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dyadism

MLA

“dyadism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dyadism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dyadism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dyadism.

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