English-Danish translations for dichotomy

• dikotomi
  Det er et eksempel på den velkendte dikotomi mellem places prosperity og peoples prosperity . It is the old dichotomy between 'places prosperity' and 'peoples prosperity' .
  Det bidrager til at bekæmpe den klassiske dikotomi om, at kultur koster penge, hvorimod erhvervslivet tjener penge. This helps to overcome the classic dichotomy that culture costs money while business brings in money.
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Definition of dichotomy

• 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
• The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts
• Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive

Related words

• dichotomic
• dichotomous
• dichotomously
• dichotomize
• dichotomus
• false dichotomy