Word of the Day:
dichotomy
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What It Means
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of human into female and male.
Dichotomy in Context
“But we do not try to characterize the top and bottom parts of the brain in terms of a simple dichotomy or set of dichotomies, which was exactly what was done with the existing and well-known division of the brain into two halves: namely the left versus the right, the dominant pop-culture brain...”
Did You Know?
From Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía, “dichotomy”).
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