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someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
her outfit is a sartorial dichotomy: an elegant gown and ratty old tennis shoes
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Recent Examples of dichotomy
Building a lexicon around shame creates an easy dichotomy − one that separates foods, and our desire for them, into good and bad, sinful and pure, moral and amoral.
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
The dichotomies of her current life are, frankly, pretty weird.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
This dichotomy is starting to emerge in earnings season, in some cases where the gen AI hype has been offset by slower areas of tech, leaving a gap in expectations.
—R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
For the longest time, culture and the framing of the American cultural narrative existed in a black-white dichotomy.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
The dichotomies of her current life are, frankly, pretty weird.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
This dichotomy is starting to emerge in earnings season, in some cases where the gen AI hype has been offset by slower areas of tech, leaving a gap in expectations.
—R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
For the longest time, culture and the framing of the American cultural narrative existed in a black-white dichotomy.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Dichotomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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