Definition of Dichotomy
Dichotomy
di·chot·o·my


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A division or contrast between two things that are opposite or entirely different.

e.g. The dichotomy between rich and poor in the city was stark and disturbing.

(noun)
a thing or situation marked by contradictory aspects or qualities;

e.g. The district is a dichotomy, because it has a major city as well as a flourishing natural habitat.

(noun)
an instance of something dividing into two branches, especially as in the branching of a plant's stem;

e.g. Beyond that dichotomy, the branches of the tree are too weak to bear much weight.

(noun)
a phase of the moon or of an inferior planet in which half of it is illuminated, making its disk appear as a semicircle;

e.g. The moon was in dichotomy and it looked like half of a silver coin in the sky.



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