dichotomy Definition
di·choto·my (-mē)
noun pl. -·mies
- division into two parts, groups, or classes, esp. when these are sharply distinguished or opposed
- Astron. the appearance of the moon or of a planet when half of the surface facing the earth is illuminated
- Biol. a dividing or branching into two equal parts, esp. when repeated
dichotomy Related Forms
di·chot′o·mous (-məs) adjective
di·chot′o·mously adverb
dichotomy Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- view: Resolution of this dichotomy of view is an urgent component of NCA's immediate horizon.
- nature: This is an attempt to break away from the dichotomy of nature versus nurture.
Converse of object
- overcome: It will be possible to be truly moral only in a world which has overcome these dichotomies.
- reject: Supporters of the third way rejected the old dichotomies of left/right politics: state vs. market, individualism vs. society, rights vs. responsibilities.
- perceive: Our basis for the case studies is that this division mirrors a perceived dichotomy between left- and right-brained modes of cognitive processing.
- explore: Lorraine's purely instrumental music explores a similar dichotomy.
- create: It was almost as tho God wanted to create a nice little dichotomy.
- accept: And I don't accept the dichotomy of buildings versus people.
Preposition: in
theory: Minimalism versus constructionism: A false dichotomy in theories of inference in reading.
Adjective modifier
- religion-secular: I will leave an account of the historical problem of the religion-secular dichotomy to the end of this paper.
- public/private: Themes of the conference focused around the public/private dichotomy in education and the implications of this for educational research.
- false: These are just false dichotomies, my friends... Maybe a way to construct an identity.
- apparent: Unfortunately, the results of this audit do not aid in the elucidation of this apparent dichotomy due to inadequate design.
- fundamental: There is one Julia set for each value of c. The fundamental dichotomy This Julia set is a Cantor set.
Noun used with modifier
- subject-object: This means that each subject-object dichotomy is also unique.
- gender: However, my participants and I struggled to talk about our sexuality completely outside of a gender dichotomy.
- mind/body: In what cultural contexts do mind/body dichotomies appear, and what are their consequences for healing practices?
- human/nature: What I'd like to talk about today is something a bit different: human/nature dichotomies and their practical effects.
- inside/outside: And Green, inadvertently, suggests a candidate departure point by accepting the inside/outside dichotomy, seemingly without argument.
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