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dichotomydi‧chot‧o‧my /daɪˈkɒtəmi $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun (plural dichotomies) [countable] formal   dichotomyOrigin: 1500-1600 Greek dichotomia, from dichotomos ‘cut in two’ - And what of the masculine/feminine dichotomy?
- In the Arts Council's rhetoric of liberal synthesis, dichotomies are for ever being overcome by acts of sheer good will.
- Is there really a dichotomy of interests between the two?
- It continues the gender dichotomy of men as mind, women as body.
- Maybe wrestling with the love / hate, personal / political dichotomy is why he killed himself.
- This dichotomy is not really physically consistent.
- Two dichotomies are helpful in examining this area of discourse.
ADJECTIVE► simple· The value of such a simple dichotomy is questionable.· One importance of the continuum is that it is a more precise form of categorisation than the simple dichotomy.· There are, as always, certain complications to this simple dichotomy.· In reality, it is often much harder to classify actual systems unambiguously than this simple dichotomy would suggest. the difference between two things or ideas that are completely oppositedichotomy between a dichotomy between his public and private lives |