trialism
nounUK /ˈtɹʌɪəlɪzm̩/
Etymology From trial + -ism.
1
A union of three states or political entities.
- The consequence of an unsuccessful war might be concession to the Slavs, perhaps the ‘trialism’ which would undo Austro-Hungarian ‘dualism’.1998, John Keegan, The First World War, Vintage, published 2000, page 53:
2
The doctrine of the existence of body, soul, and spirit in human beings.
- Related terms
- trialist