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Definition of dichotomous in English: dichotomousadjective dʌɪˈkɒtəməsdɪˈkɒtəməsdaɪˈkɑdəməs 1Exhibiting or characterized by dichotomy. a dichotomous view of the world Example sentencesExamples - The media promotes this dichotomous view of the world.
- The lion roaming in a field with Manhattan as a backdrop really captures the dichotomous feeling of the record.
- The belief that bisexuality is just a phase is also pervasive, to the point where bisexuals are sometimes falsely encouraged to choose one of the dichotomous extremes of gay and straight.
- My thinking on this curious dichotomous view of the Church (and the even more curious affinity it has with leftist dissent) can be found here.
- It's reflective of the dichotomous nature of American thinking.
- When literacy and orality are not viewed within a dichotomous framework, then memory is no longer separate from literacy.
- In our either-or dichotomous system of logic, weakness is the opposite of strength.
- Technically, the two sides of a coin present a dichotomous choice.
- This view emphasizes the dichotomous thinking and behavior often displayed by alcoholics.
- One way of avoiding this dichotomous thinking is to enable low-income mothers to make their own decisions about whether and when to work inside and outside the home.
- And Ramon's character is dichotomous in a way never fully explored or explained.
- Well, you see the problem is the assumption that these two types of society are dichotomous.
- Crewdson's work is replete with dichotomous tensions.
- The trends undermine a dichotomous view of British politics and society - a political dimension of left and right which correlates with two political parties and two social classes.
- Grappling with ACTION's history helps make the case for why a dichotomous view of Civil Rights and Black Power obscures more than it illuminates.
- The forced-choice format is used with each item presented separately and each pole representing a dichotomous extreme for one attitude or function.
- The two alternatives, presented as dichotomous above, may be viewed as partly overlapping, and not mutually exclusive.
- Thus, communion and agency were generally viewed as dichotomous, limiting the possibility that both can be evident simultaneously within a given person.
- Teaching should not be viewed as dichotomous because these factors of effective teaching are intertwined in action.
- However, there are dangers in using these dichotomous terms.
Synonyms opposite, opposed, opposing, oppositional, diametrically opposed, extreme, contrary, contradictory, antithetical, antagonistic, conflicting, counterbalancing 2Botany (of branching) in which the axis is divided into two branches. Example sentencesExamples - Subsequent branch orders may be dichotomous or pseudomonopodial.
- Most members of this lineage also have the combination of pseudomonopodially-branching main axes or rhizomes, with dichotomous branch tips.
- In some species, variations and gradations between dichotomous and monopodial growth patterns occur.
- In addition to the taxonomic descriptions, dichotomous keys, illustrations and distribution maps are presented for each species.
- They produced several types of foliage all characterized by pinnate leaves with open dichotomous venation.
Derivatives adverb Items in the condom use self-efficacy scale were recoded dichotomously to determine the extent to which groups interviewed differed in their endorsement of each item. Example sentencesExamples - Treatment status was dichotomously measured for each month during the 36-month observation period.
- Because of the skewed distributions of variables with more than two response options, and the dichotomous nature of some items, all responses were coded dichotomously and summed across the 9 items.
- The women were dichotomously classified as lesbian or heterosexual.
- It is clear from the Proterozoic fossil record that meristem differentiation, including apical meristems associated with dichotomously branched thalli, must have evolved in the terminal Neoproterozoic or earlier.
Origin Late 17th century: via late Latin from Greek dikhotomos (from dikho- 'in two' + temnein 'to cut') + -ous. Rhymes hippopotamus, trichotomous Definition of dichotomous in US English: dichotomousadjectivedaɪˈkɑdəməsdīˈkädəməs 1Exhibiting or characterized by dichotomy. a dichotomous view of the world Example sentencesExamples - Grappling with ACTION's history helps make the case for why a dichotomous view of Civil Rights and Black Power obscures more than it illuminates.
- It's reflective of the dichotomous nature of American thinking.
- The two alternatives, presented as dichotomous above, may be viewed as partly overlapping, and not mutually exclusive.
- When literacy and orality are not viewed within a dichotomous framework, then memory is no longer separate from literacy.
- Technically, the two sides of a coin present a dichotomous choice.
- Thus, communion and agency were generally viewed as dichotomous, limiting the possibility that both can be evident simultaneously within a given person.
- The belief that bisexuality is just a phase is also pervasive, to the point where bisexuals are sometimes falsely encouraged to choose one of the dichotomous extremes of gay and straight.
- Teaching should not be viewed as dichotomous because these factors of effective teaching are intertwined in action.
- And Ramon's character is dichotomous in a way never fully explored or explained.
- The media promotes this dichotomous view of the world.
- Crewdson's work is replete with dichotomous tensions.
- My thinking on this curious dichotomous view of the Church (and the even more curious affinity it has with leftist dissent) can be found here.
- Well, you see the problem is the assumption that these two types of society are dichotomous.
- The lion roaming in a field with Manhattan as a backdrop really captures the dichotomous feeling of the record.
- This view emphasizes the dichotomous thinking and behavior often displayed by alcoholics.
- The forced-choice format is used with each item presented separately and each pole representing a dichotomous extreme for one attitude or function.
- However, there are dangers in using these dichotomous terms.
- In our either-or dichotomous system of logic, weakness is the opposite of strength.
- One way of avoiding this dichotomous thinking is to enable low-income mothers to make their own decisions about whether and when to work inside and outside the home.
- The trends undermine a dichotomous view of British politics and society - a political dimension of left and right which correlates with two political parties and two social classes.
Synonyms opposite, opposed, opposing, oppositional, diametrically opposed, extreme, contrary, contradictory, antithetical, antagonistic, conflicting, counterbalancing - 1.1Botany (of branching) in which the axis is divided into two branches.
Example sentencesExamples - In addition to the taxonomic descriptions, dichotomous keys, illustrations and distribution maps are presented for each species.
- In some species, variations and gradations between dichotomous and monopodial growth patterns occur.
- They produced several types of foliage all characterized by pinnate leaves with open dichotomous venation.
- Most members of this lineage also have the combination of pseudomonopodially-branching main axes or rhizomes, with dichotomous branch tips.
- Subsequent branch orders may be dichotomous or pseudomonopodial.
Origin Late 17th century: via late Latin from Greek dikhotomos (from dikho- ‘in two’ + temnein ‘to cut’) + -ous. |