Dichotomy
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A dichotomy is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets) that are:
- jointly exhaustive: everything must belong to one part or the other, and
- mutually exclusive: nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts.
Such a partition is also frequently called a bipartition.
Etymology
The term dichotomy is from the Greek language διχοτομία dichotomía "dividing in two" from δίχα dícha "in two, asunder" and τομή tomḗ "a cutting, incision".
See also
- Opposite
- Binary opposition
- Bipartite (disambiguation)
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Class (set theory)
- Conflict
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Dichotomy paradox
- Dualism
- Polychotomy
- Trichotomy
- Yin and yang
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