Dichotomy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|daɪˈkɑːtəmɪ|
Brit.
|daɪˈkɒtəmɪ|
noun
- being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses (syn: duality)
the dichotomy between eastern and western culture
Extra examples
Her essay discusses the dichotomy between good and evil in the author's novels.
...her outfit is a sartorial dichotomy: an elegant gown and ratty old tennis shoes...
At the close of this millennium, the favored dichotomy features a supposed battle called “the science wars."
The clearest dichotomy is between the winners and the losers.
... to insist on its being either symbol or fact is to dwell needlessly on a false dichotomy.
... the Inuit concept of their environment was centred around the dichotomy between land and sea.
Word forms
noun
singular: dichotomy
plural: dichotomies
singular: dichotomy
plural: dichotomies
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