noun

parallelism

PAIR-uh-lel-i-zum/ˈpærəlelɪzəm/

The state of remaining alongside at a constant distance without meeting.

The parallelism of each strip's long edges keeps its width constant.

Show grammatical parallelism directly through three related infinitive phrases on physical writing slips: “to read”, “to write”, and “to learn”.

Etymology

parGreekbeside

+allelGreekone another

+ismGreekaction or condition

The image of things lying “beside one another” extended from parallel position to correspondence in writing. Related phrases or clauses follow matching structures, creating a recognizable pattern of repetition.

In context

Dr Zack Hassan5:43

brick by brick, block by block, calloused hand by calloused hand,.that together, ordinary people can do extraordinary things. This is isocolon, a particular kind of parallelism, where you use exactly the same structure

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More examples

The carpenter checks the parallelism of the two shelf edges.
Even a slight tilt destroys the parallelism of the lines.
Parallelism keeps the rails the same distance apart along the track.

Forms

parallelism

parallel adjective — Remaining equally far apart without meeting.