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Dichotomy

Related: opposition - dualism

List of dichotomies: Dionysian and Appolonian -
Eros and Thanatos

Definitions

Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions: �the dichotomy of the one and the many� (Louis Auchincloss). --AHD

A dichotomy is the division of concept or of a class of things into two parts which are both mutually exclusive � i.e. nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts � and jointly exhaustive � i.e. every member of the class is in one part or the other. They are often contrasting and spoken of as "opposites". The term comes from dichotomos (divided): dich- ([in] two) temnein (to cut). --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotomy [Feb 2006]

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