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DICHOTOMY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dichotomy mean?

• DICHOTOMY (noun)
The noun DICHOTOMY has 1 sense:

1. being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

Familiarity information: DICHOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DICHOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

dichotomy; duality

Context example:

the dichotomy between eastern and western culture

Hypernyms ("dichotomy" is a kind of...):

categorisation; categorization; classification (a group of people or things arranged by class or category)

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