dichotomy
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A cutting in two; a division.
Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.
That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.
Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation.
The place where a stem or vein is forked.
Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.
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the dichotomy between eastern and western culture
A 1980s Converse commercial for its "Weapon" line of basketball shoes (endorsed by both Bird and Johnson) reflected the perceived dichotomy between the two players.
Adler, 2014. p. 12 Confucianism deconstructs the sacred-profane dichotomy; it asserts that sacredness is to be found in, not behind or beyond, the ordinary activities of human life — and especially in human relationships.
A dichotomy appears in the landscape between the old city and the imposing modern buildings.
An equivalent dichotomy developed between advocates and procurators in some civil law countries; these two types did not always monopolize the practice of law, in that they coexisted with civil law notaries.
As if to illustrate this dichotomy, a from Sascha Bajin, formerly Serena Williams’s longtime hitting partner who then coached Osaka as she rose to No 1 in the world rankings, went viral after he stated that “colour isn’t an issue” in Europe.