dichotomous

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  1. adjective Divided or dividing into two parts or classifications.
  2. adjective Characterized by dichotomy.

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  • Unlike the dichotomous version of the world presented by the Bush administration and its allies, where Washington leads the good guys against the bad guys of Islam, Cole's nuanced presentation of the history and current situation of US dealings with the Muslim world provide the reader with a clearer understanding of not only what is at stake, but also what is really going on. —  CounterPunch
  • When is the promise of America going to stop being such a dichotomous, partially-empty promise for Black people? —  BV on Sports
  • But her quotes are dichotomous - half pastiche and half homage; half showgirl and half earthy matriarch.
  • Logistic regression analysis may well be used to develop a prognostic model for a dichotomous outcome. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The effect is curiously dichotomous: wiry yet broad, small yet epic. —  INVISIBLE ORANGES - THE METAL MP3 BLOG
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  1. from Late Latin dichotomos, from Greek διχοτόμος, cutting in two, proparoxytone διχότομος, cut in two, divided equally, from δίχα, in two, + τέμνειν, ταμεῖν, cut.
 

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