dichotomous
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9.3
- adjective
- /daɪˈkɒtəməs/
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dicotómico
- "Mind and body were once dichotomous, and the body was more real than the mind.
- dichotomous variable
- dichotomous measure
- dichotomous indicator
I think to think of women as multidimensional is important, but it's also really important not to put them in this dichotomous choice.
- I think to think of women as multidimensional is important, but it's also really important not to put them in this dichotomous choice.
- It was really very, very dichotomous and drastic and harmful.
Examples
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There are two dichotomous markings for gender, male and female.
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Progress requires a revision of the dichotomous view of a static world of industrialized or developing countries.
Academic text (2013) -
Following the comment period, participants were asked to vote on each of the three dichotomous software attributes.
Academic text (1999) -
I think to think of women as multidimensional is important, but it's also really important not to put them in this dichotomous choice.
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Although I recognize these limits, I believe that we can do better than dichotomous or three-point scales.
Academic text (1990) -
Each of these paraphilic patterns was treated as a dichotomous variable indicating its presence or absence.
Academic text (1990) -
Gender was recoded into two dichotomous variables, male and transgender, with female used as the reference category.
Academic text (2008) -
Our dependent measures are dichotomous variables indicating whether the respondent was obese at age five or age ten.
Academic text (2013) -
There are several theories founded on Wesley Hohfeld's famous dichotomous concepts of rights/duties and powers/liabilities.
Academic text (1999) -
The debate presented a dichotomous view of the issue, dividing opinions into two opposing camps.
Synonyms
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6.1
Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true
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6.4
Not able to happen or be true at the same time
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8.1
Having no members in common
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3.4
Involving two sides with different views
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8.7
Showing that two things are separate
Having two groups with opposite views
Found in separate areas as groups that are not connected
Impossible to make two people or ideas agree
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
dichotomous = dichotomy (transparent) = dichotom + ous
The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ous' (via the stem 'dichotom-') to the noun 'dichotomy', so the meaning is predictably 'having or relating to a dichotomy'.
Etymology
The word dichotomous comes from Greek parts di- 'two' and -tomous 'cut', so it literally means 'cut into two'. That's why something dichotomous is divided into two clear, often opposite, parts.