parallelism
/prllzm, -llz-/ [par-uh-le-liz-uhm, -luh-liz-]
noun
1.
the position or relation of parallels.
2.
agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.
3.
a parallel or comparison.
4.
Metaphysics . the doctrine that mental and bodily processes are concomitant, each varying with variation of the other, but that there is no causal relation of interaction between the two