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• But, fortunately the dichotomy between populism and philosophocracy is a false dichotomy.2007, Bonnie Steinbock, The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics. From the entry philosophocracy
• Weakened heart, summer tomatoes the splash of red mouthsome pleasure dichotomy.2005, Maria Damon, Miek-a-l And, PleasureTEXTpossession. From the entry mouthsome
• This dichotomy represents the two different though intimately related Christianities that coexist uneasily within each other.2001, Steven Fanning, Mystics of the Christian Tradition, page 1. From the entry Christianities
• It leads to an uncritical dichotomy between disorderly people and law abiders.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order. From the entry law abider
• The dichotomy between Dataism and Interpretationism in China is quite reminiscent of this German scene.1981, Centre for Translation Projects, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Renditions - Issues 15-18, page 17. From the entry dataism
• The moieties are linked to or bear the names of beings or forces expressing the cosmic dichotomy.1979, Åke Hultkrantz, “The Great Tribal Ceremonies”, in Monica Setterwall, transl., The Religions of the American Indians, Berkeley; Los…. From the entry moiety
• The French, however, were unsuccessful in their attempt to exploit the Berber-Arab dichotomy.1962, David C. Gordon, “Notes”, in North Africa’s French Legacy, 1954–1962, Cambridge, Mass.: Distributed for the Center for Middle…. From the entry arabophone
• This polarization unites the classical Descartesian dichotomy of a Cogito in opposition to an objective body and world.2016, Mirella Misi, Ludmila Pimentel, “The Virtual Body Is Real!: Phenomenological and Postphenomenological Perspectives in Mediadance”…. From the entry Descartesian
• A strict dichotomy between dictionaries and encyclopedias is arguably untenable.2003, R. R. K. Hartmann, Lexicography. From the entry encyclopedicity
• David's toned, athletic body contrasts with Bacchus's effeminate form, illustrating the dichotomy in Michelangelo's mind between the active masculine force and the passive feminine.2014 July, Miles J. Unger, “The Giant”, in Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 108. From the entry taut
• As most of the trust literature focuses on the positive aspect of trust, it is restricted to the simple dichotomy between trust and untrust.2009, Kai Rannenberg, Denis Royer, André Deuker, The Future of Identity in the Information Society. From the entry untrust
• This finding is consistent with previous work, which revealed a dichotomy between piliated tissue-associated UPEC and nonpiliated bacteria found in the urine of the same infected mouse.2015 June 30, Sarah E. Greene et al., “Human Urine Decreases Function and Expression of Type 1 Pili in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli”, in…. From the entry nonpiliated
• It is the post-Renaissance Descartesian dichotomy of dualism-god and devil-together with the Semitic division of god and devil that distort the Pagan Greek significations and epistemological suggestions.2011, The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore), page 25. From the entry Descartesian
• Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.2010, Tyson E. Lewis, Richard Kahn, Education Out of Bounds, page 1. From the entry cyborg
• This gigatrend is based in part on the notion of a society underpinned by a series of dichotomies between values and empirical facts, and between goals and means, etc.2010 November 30, Jan-Eric Furubo with Ove Karlsson Vestman, “Evaluation: For Public Good or Professional Power?”, in Pearl Eliadis…. From the entry gigatrend
• The notion of “hybrid” war makes a valuable contribution in breaking down unhelpful dichotomies between “conventional” and “guerrilla,” and is a clear and important step in the right direction.2008, Stephen Biddle, Jeffrey A. Friedman, “The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense…. From the entry hybrid warfare
• Here we can see that electricity is merely a manifestation of the fundamental dichotomy of the dualistic universe, the struggle between Good and Ungood, between Yin and Yang.1953, Tech Engineering News, volume 35, page 34. From the entry ungood

Meaning of dichotomy

1. noun A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
2. noun Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
3. noun The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of human into female and male.

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How do you use dichotomy in a sentence?

Dichotomy is used as a noun. For example: “The dichotomy between the private and the public is central to almost two centuries of feminist writing and political struggle; it is, ultimately, what the feminist movement is all about.”

What is a short sentence with dichotomy?

“The dichotomy between maria and highlands dominates lunar mineralogy.”

What does dichotomy mean?

Dichotomy means a separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.