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Synonyms for “dichotomy”

dichotomy

noun

  1. division, gulf, split, separation, polarity, disjunction • a dichotomy between the academic world and the industrial world
    Dichotomy should always refer to a division of some kind into two groups. It is sometimes used to refer to a puzzling situation, which seems to involve a contradiction, but this use is thought by many to be incorrect, and dilemma is a more appropriate alternative.

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