as in paradox
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
her outfit is a sartorial dichotomy: an elegant gown and ratty old tennis shoes
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Recent Examples of dichotomy
Lower spoke with Variety about the pivotal episode, from the powerful moment that Helly reclaims her body to the complex dichotomy between her innie and outie characters.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
Speaking on a panel devoted to French savior faire, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode executive president Pascal Morand remarked on the dichotomy of the two seemingly divergent tracks at opposite ends of the Porte de Versailles convention center.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Exploring a Martian mystery The mounds are just north of what’s known as the Martian dichotomy, a naturalboundary between the shallow plains of the northern hemisphere and the soaring highlands of the southern hemisphere.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
And perhaps by doing so, women can point out the dichotomy between the hatefulness of the rhetoric of the left and the right.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
Speaking on a panel devoted to French savior faire, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode executive president Pascal Morand remarked on the dichotomy of the two seemingly divergent tracks at opposite ends of the Porte de Versailles convention center.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Exploring a Martian mystery The mounds are just north of what’s known as the Martian dichotomy, a naturalboundary between the shallow plains of the northern hemisphere and the soaring highlands of the southern hemisphere.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
And perhaps by doing so, women can point out the dichotomy between the hatefulness of the rhetoric of the left and the right.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Dichotomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomy. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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