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Meanings of dichotomy in English

Portuguese
dicotomia
Catalan
dicotomia
Spanish
dicotomía

Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses.

dicotomia
Usage of dichotomy in English
1
How do others deal with what must be a common enough dichotomy?
The Guardian
2
The dichotomy between performance of individual companies and economies has been spectacular.
The Irish Times
3
The dichotomy reflects an industry in the midst of a complex transition.
The Guardian
4
These results support a dichotomy in the dysplasia-CIS sequence in the pancreas.
Pubmed
5
Hence division by dichotomy comes strictly within the province of formal logic.
Deductive Logic
6
This dichotomy correlated with previously observed differences in in vitro inflammation-inducing properties.
Pubmed
7
Authority, by dividing men into classes, creates dichotomy, disruption, hostility, fear, disunion.
The illuminatus! trilogy
8
The dichotomy made perfect sense considering the respective characteristics of each world.
Shadow fall
9
The next two weeks were a novel dichotomy of paradise and plague.
Rock and Ice Magazine
10
She wondered if Steve was grappling with the same dichotomy of emotions.
The frailty of flesh
11
Afro-Americans were painfully aware of some of the imperfections in this simple dichotomy.
The Black Experience in America
12
This growing trend marks a dichotomy between the new- and old-school climbing crowds.
Rock and Ice Magazine
13
The traditional left-right, you know, parties are essentially, the dichotomy is essentially collapsing.
The new yorker
14
The BMA in Scotland, however, attaches some qualifications to this dichotomy.
The Guardian
15
The core dichotomy proposed by the Tories contrasts Conservative reassurance with Labour recklessness.
The Guardian
16
IFN-I diversity, stage of infection and tissue compartment may account for this dichotomy.
Pubmed
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Translations for dichotomy
Portuguese
dicotomia
Catalan
dicotomia
Spanish
dicotomía
Dichotomy through the time
Dichotomy across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common