dichotomies

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plural of dichotomy
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The phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures
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Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation
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The place where a stem or vein is forked
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{n} a division into two parts
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1. A division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities.2. The process or practice of making such a division
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A difference between two completely opposite ideas or things

There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do.

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The concept that a person is made up of a body and a soul, or a body and a spirit
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Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white
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seeing things as two-sided and nothing more
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being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture
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If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or opposition between them. There is a dichotomy between the academic world and the industrial world. dichotomies the difference between two things or ideas that are completely opposite dichotomy between
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In astronomy, a configuration of three bodies so that they form a right triangle; specifically, such a configuration in the solar system with the sun at the apex of the 90° angle
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conditions perceived as polar extremes or opposites
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Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts
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A twofold division or distinction, especially one between mutually exclusive things While a trichotomy cuts things in threes, a dichotomy cuts them in two
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The teaching that a human consists of two parts: body and soul Sometimes the soul is also referred to as spirit (See Trichotomy)
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being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture"
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{i} separation into two parts
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The exact half-phase of Mercury, Venus or the Moon
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an either-or perspective
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A cutting in two; a division
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antiquated polarize litigants synonymously
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That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures
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division into two, usually opposing, parts or opinions Also known as binary opposition
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division into two parts or kinds