subdichotomyn.
/ˌsʌbdʌɪˈkɒtəmi/, /ˌsʌbdᵻˈkɒtəmi/, U.S. /ˌsəbdaɪˈkɑdəmi/ rare.
A subordinate dichotomy; a subsidiary division.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > a subdivision
subdivisiona1450
subsection1621
subdichotomy1644
subdivider1654
specie1670
underpart1711
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 37 A grosse conforming stupidity..is more to the sudden degenerating of a Church then many subdichotomies of petty schisms.
1877 W. Wilks Official Rep. Church Congr. 303 I have been touching..some of the sub-dichotomies of the Broad Church party, so called I suppose, because it is not a party at all.
1928 G. F. Ferris Princ. Systematic Entomol. x. 122 A genus..contains potentially one hundred and twenty-eight species, all of which are included within a maximum limit of twelve subdichotomies.
1994 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 59 912/2 The dichotomy between slave and free is then constituted by its subdichotomies of legal freedoms or constraints.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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