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Dichotomy   /daɪkˈɑtəmi/   Listen
Dichotomy

noun
1.
Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses.  Synonym: duality.






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"Dichotomy" Quotes from Famous Books



... and nature a characteristic of his native companions in Guiana. "The very phrase, 'Men and other animals,' or even, as it is often expressed, 'Men and animals,' based as it is on the superiority which civilised man feels over other animals, expresses a dichotomy which is in no way recognised by the Indian.... It is therefore most important to realise how comparatively small really is the difference between men in a state of savagery and other animals, and how completely even such difference as exists ...
— Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 • Andrew Lang



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