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Definition of dichotomy noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dichotomy

noun

NAmE//daɪˈkɑt̮əmi//

[usually singular] (pl. dichotomies) dichotomy (between A and B) (formal)

the separation that exists between two groups or things that are completely opposite to and different from each other

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