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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun

Definition 1:
• The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.
Labels: government, uncountable, usually

Definition 2:
• 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)
Labels: human-sciences, psychology, sciences, uncountable, usually

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