dichotomy - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dichotomy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dichotomy

[ n.]

- A cutting in two; a division.
- Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.
- That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.
- 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.
- The place where a stem or vein is forked.
- 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.

Meaning of 'dichotomy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dichotomy

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

Example in sentence:

the dichotomy between eastern and western culture

Nearby Words:

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Idea-expression dichotomy
Idea-expression dichotomy refers to the legal principle describing the concept that although an idea is not able to be copyrighted, the specific expression of an idea is.

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