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dichotomy

/dahy-kot-uh-mee/US // daɪˈkɒt ə mi //UK // (daɪˈkɒtəmɪ) //

对立统一,对立面,二分法,两分法

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural di·chot·o·mies.

    • : division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
    • : division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups: a dichotomy between thought and action.
    • : Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
    • : Astronomy. the phase of the moon or of an inferior planet when half of its disk is visible.

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Examples

  • This is a dichotomy hatched by Ailes, who realized that he could get away with lunacy at night if he balanced it with something approaching sanity during the day.

  • This dichotomy between nucleated and nonnucleated life became fundamental to biology.

  • Even Powell’s attacks on Republican leaders hew to that dichotomy.

  • Despite that dichotomy, every major decision must be agreed upon by both of us.

  • Work by University of Oxford anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse suggests that rituals exist on either side of a dichotomy.

  • Both heroines are women, but they offer a pretty bizarre dichotomy for girls: Ice queen or ditzy princess.

  • To be sure, there is often a stark dichotomy between so-called opinion leaders and rank and file believers.

  • This is the baffling, awkward dichotomy that is MTV in 2014.

  • No, the whole point of a superhero with a secret identity is the dichotomy.

  • It was this dichotomy that made Don a fascinating, layered character.

  • This phenomenon may be explained by what Semon calls alternating ecphoria in mnemic dichotomy.

  • Similarly, the engram of the ecphoriated dichotomy is most often that which has been previously most often repeated.

  • The nature of the universe is proved too subtle for this dichotomy.

  • Therefore, discovery of an early dichotomy from the common ancestral stock of the tribe would come as no surprise.

  • There is a term in logic—dichotomy—a sharp division, a cutting in two, an opposing of contradictories.

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