trichotomy
1
9.9
- noun
- /traɪˈkɒtəmi/
:
tricotomía
- This emphasis on the psychosocial factors offers a clear insight into the importance of the WHO trichotomy of health.
Examples
-
The theory introduces a trichotomy that divides concepts into three main categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
-
To understand why Peirce takes these three categories to be exhaustive, however, we must look beyond the familiar formulations and recognize that he offers an alternative formulation of his famous trichotomy, one that can account for emotional expressions.
Academic text (2017) -
How do they fit into this trichotomy?
Blog text (26) -
It's what's good, what's bad, and then what's indifferent, which sounds like a, you know, very simple trichotomy to work with.
-
I will begin by reviewing a common understanding of Peirce's famous trichotomy of icon, index, and symbol.
Academic text (2017) -
In philosophy, a common trichotomy differentiates between knowledge, belief, and opinion.
-
The psychologist proposed a trichotomy of personality traits: introversion, extroversion, and ambiversion.
Synonyms
A place where something like a road or river splits into three parts
To divide something into three equal parts
Surface Forms
Morphology
trichotomy = dichotomy (semi-transparent) = tri + chotomy
The prefix 'tri-' clearly indicates three, but 'chotomy' is not a standalone English word, making the full meaning less accessible.
Etymology
Trichotomy comes from two parts: tri- meaning 'three', like in triangle or trio, and -chotomy meaning 'cutting' or 'division', like in dichotomy or anatomy. So a trichotomy is a 'cutting into three' and means a division into three parts.