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'Dichotomy' is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts:

★ False dichotomy, a logical fallacy where a supposed dichotomy fails one or both of these conditions

★ Classical dichotomy, the division between the real side of an economy and the monetary side

★ In set theory, a dichotomous relation ''R'' is such that either ''aRb'', ''bRa'' or both.

★ In biology, a dichotomous key divides a set of organisms into two groups smaller groups, typically based on a single characteristic present in exactly one of the groups

★ In botany, a mode of branching by repeated bifurcation

★ Mind-body dichotomy, the belief that humans consist of a soul and a body

★ Dichotomy is a method of execution wherein the victim is cut in two.

★ Divine Dichotomy, as mentioned in Conversations With God.

★ Domestic-public dichotomy, a division of men's and women's roles in a society

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★ Bipartite (disambiguation)

★ Dualism

★ Trichotomy

★ Polychotomy