A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
- Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
- logic The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
Division of one thing into two parts, normally differing or opposing; the state of being two-fold, having two different components. People can discuss the dichotomy of body and soul, men and women, or eastern and western culture.
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