bicameralism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmáratider. Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára)bor. Latin camera English -al English bicameral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English bicameralism From bicameral + -ism.
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.
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(uncountable, usually) Ambiguous misnomer for Julian Jaynes's theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes, rarely used in academic literature based on his work, but often found informally (compare bicameral mind and bicameral mentality)
1978, Edward Proffitt, "Romanticism, Bicamerality, and the Evolution of the Brain", The Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 9, No.1, reprinted with permission in Kuijsten, 2016, page 134. Coleridge...could not revert to bicameralism either.
"...the evidence for bicameralism in early China." p. 2 "...to elucidate the evidence for bicameralism and the transition to consciousness..." p. 3 "...presents detailed evidence for bicameralism and the development of consciousness..." p. 14
2016, Marcel Kuijsten, Gods, Voices, Julian Jaynes and the Bicameral Mind: The Theories of Julian Jaynes, (Introduction)As a result of this bicameralism, they were not conscious as we are today, and had no unified sense of self.
2016, Susan G. Josephson, From Idolatry to Advertising: Visual Art and Contemporary Culture, →ISBN:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| bicameralisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (20)
ru двухпала́тная систе́ма (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · fi kaksikamarijärjestelmä (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · pl bikameralizm (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ru бикамери́зм (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · pt bicameralismo (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ka ორპალატიანობა (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · id bikameralisme (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · pl dwuizbowość (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · pt bicamaralismo (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ru двухпала́тность (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ja 両院制 (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ru бикамерали́зм (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · de Bikameralismus (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · it bicameralismo (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ro bicamerism (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · fr bicaméralisme (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ja 二院制 (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ko 양원제 (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · ka ბიკამერალიზმი (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) · cmn 兩院制 /两院制 (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups)