dichotomy
对立统一,对立面,二分法,两分法
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Definitions
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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.