parallelist

[ par-uh-lel-ist, -luh-list ]
/ ˈpær əˌlɛl ɪst, -lə lɪst /

noun

a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
an adherent of the metaphysical doctrine of parallelism.

Origin of parallelist

First recorded in 1785–95; parallel + -ist

Words nearby parallelist

parallel universe, parallel-veined, parallelepiped, paralleling, parallelism, parallelist, parallelistic, parallelize, parallelogram, parallelogram law, parallelogram rule

Example sentences from the Web for parallelist

  • Let it be understood that I am here pointing out one of the forms, and that the most usual, of the parallelist theory.

    The Mind and the Brain |Alfred Binet

  • On the one hand it includes the parallelist conception which we have recognised as effete.

    A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson |Edouard le Roy