dichotomynoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/daɪˈkɒt.ə.mi/us/daɪˈkɑː.t̬ə.mi/formala difference between two completely opposite ideas or things:
There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do.
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Opposites
- antithesis
- antonym
- anything
- anything but idiom
- be like chalk and cheese idiom
- chalk
- contrary
- countervailing
- dichotomous
- extreme
- flip side
- inversion
- non-
- opposed
- opposite
- or otherwise idiom
- otherwise
- polarity
- pole
- reverse
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