2007-12-31 03:47:35 · 4 answers · asked by dave r 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
it means to have your dic chopped off~
2007-12-31 04:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A dichotomy means a division into two absolutely opposed parts.
If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or opposition between them.
Ex.There is a dichotomy between the academic world and the industrial world.
2008-01-01 00:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It describes 2 opposing things.
Examples could be light vs. dark, good vs. evil, or even man vs. woman
2007-12-31 11:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The spelling is dichotomy , and it means a split , division.
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di·chot·o·my (d-kt-m)
n. pl. di·chot·o·mies
1. Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions: "the dichotomy of the one and the many" Louis Auchincloss.
2. Astronomy The phase of the moon, Mercury, or Venus when half of the disk is illuminated.
3. Botany Branching characterized by successive forking into two approximately equal divisions.
[Greek dikhotomi, from dikhotomos, divided in two : dikho-, dicho- + temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.]
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2007-12-31 11:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by NARAYAN RAO 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋