dichotomy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++di·chot·o·my /daɪˈkɒtəmi $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun (plural dichotomies) [countable] formal SEPARATEthe difference between two things or ideas that are completely opposite 对立，截然相反dichotomy between a dichotomy between his public and private lives 他公众生活和私生活的两面性
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dichotomy• Is there really a dichotomy of interests between the two?• And what of the masculine/feminine dichotomy?• It continues the gender dichotomy of men as mind, women as body.• Maybe wrestling with the love / hate, personal / political dichotomy is why he killed himself.• In the Arts Council's rhetoric of liberal synthesis, dichotomies are for ever being overcome by acts of sheer good will.• This dichotomy is not really physically consistent.• Two dichotomies are helpful in examining this area of discourse.dichotomy between• The artist is concerned with the dichotomy between the way something appears and reality.Origin dichotomy (1500-1600) Greek dichotomia, from dichotomos “cut in two”di·chot·o·my nounChineseSyllable
ideas difference two or Corpus things between the
dichotomy
di‧chot‧o‧my /daɪˈkɒtəmi $ -ˈkɑː-/
noun (plural dichotomies) [countable] formal
dichotomy between
a dichotomy between his public and private lives
di‧chot‧o‧my /daɪˈkɒtəmi $ -ˈkɑː-/
noun (plural dichotomies) [countable] formal Date: 1500-1600
Language: Greek
Origin: dichotomia, from dichotomos 'cut in two'
the difference between two things or ideas that are completely oppositeLanguage: Greek
Origin: dichotomia, from dichotomos 'cut in two'
dichotomy between