bicameralism
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bi‧cam‧er‧al‧ism
Noun edit
bicameralism (usually uncountable, plural bicameralisms)
- (government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.
- Coordinate terms: tricameralism, unicameralism
- (psychology) 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.
- 2016, Susan G. Josephson, From Idolatry to Advertising: Visual Art and Contemporary Culture, →ISBN:
- As a result of this bicameralism, they were not conscious as we are today, and had no unified sense of self.
- 2016, Marcel Kuijsten, Gods, Voices, Julian Jaynes and the Bicameral Mind: The Theories of Julian Jaynes, (Introduction):
- "...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
- 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.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Russian: бикамерали́зм m (bikameralízm)
Translations edit
principle of dividing legislative body into two groups
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bicaméralisme.
Noun edit
bicameralism n (plural bicameralisme)
Declension edit
Declension of bicameralism
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bicameralism | bicameralismul | (niște) bicameralisme | bicameralismele |
genitive/dative | (unui) bicameralism | bicameralismului | (unor) bicameralisme | bicameralismelor |
vocative | bicameralismule | bicameralismelor |