dyadism

English

Etymology

dyad +‎ -ism

Noun

dyadism (usually uncountable, plural dyadisms)

1. The tendency to categorize things into dyads or pairs; binary classification.
   • 2021, Rohini Bannerjee, Karim Mukhida, From Band-Aids to Scalpels: Motherhood Experiences in/of Medicine, Demeter Press, →ISBN:

     Many intersex people and intersex studies scholars note how various oppressive systems—interphobia, heterosexism, phallogocentrism, queerphobia, as well as compulsory dyadism, heterosexuality, and able-bodiedness—work together to justify curative violence.

Anagrams

• dismayd, middays, mydaids