toisiksian
Toisiksian is a term used in fiction and speculative theory to describe a framework for analyzing dual aspects of social life. The word is a neologism, not widely attested in real-world scholarship. The concept centers on duality as a constitutive feature of individuals and communities, comprising two interdependent layers: an inward, self-identified aspect, and an outward, publicly enacted role. These layers are seen as co-constructive rather than hierarchical; changes in one layer induce adaptations in the other.
In practice, toisiksian frameworks are employed in worldbuilding, ethnographic speculation, and philosophy to explore how people
Etymology: the coinage combines imagined roots, with a suffix reminiscent of -ism, signaling a systematic or
See also: dualism, role theory, performativity, juxtaposition theory.