Crossword-Solution: DICHOTOMY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dichotomy | n. | A cutting in two; a division. |
| Dichotomy | n. | Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts. |
| Dichotomy | n. | That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures. |
| Dichotomy | n. | Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation. |
| Dichotomy | n. | The place where a stem or vein is forked. |
| Dichotomy | n. | Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “DICHOTOMY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BRANCHING, form of (bot./zool.) | 1 answer |
| CLASSIFICATION into two groups | 1 answer |
| Division into two parts | 1 answer |
| bifurcation | 5 answers |
| A CLASSIFICATION INTO TWO OPPOSED PARTS OR SUBCLASSES | 11 answers |
| BEING TWOFOLD | 11 answers |
| contradiction | 54 answers |
| DIVISION ___ | 86 answers |
| Classification | 87 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATEER
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Sentences with DICHOTOMY (5)
The search after the Statesman, which is carried on, like that for the Sophist, by the method of dichotomy, gives an opportunity for many humorous and satirical remarks.
The royal art has been separated from that of other herdsmen, but not from the causal and co-operative arts which exist in states; these do not admit of dichotomy, and therefore they must be carved neatly, like the limbs of a victim, not into more parts than are necessary.
This does not have to be so; there is really nothing inherent in sports that would result in the intellect-physique dichotomy, one to the detriment of the other.
The number of the categories in each class is always the same, namely, three—a fact which also demands some consideration, because in all other cases division à priori through conceptions is necessarily dichotomy.
The puzzles of Zeno about "Achilles and the Tortoise" and "The Moving Arrow" are classical examples of the error involved in treating movement as divisible.[Footnote: Bergson in Matter and Memory examines Zeno's four puzzles: "The Dichotomy," "Achilles and the Tortoise," "The Arrow" and "The Stadium."] If movement is not everything, it is nothing, and if we postulate, to begin with, that the motionless is real, then we shall be incapable of grasping reality.
Quotes with DICHOTOMY (3)
For the church, the many abuses of human life, liberty, and dignity are a heartfelt suffering. The church, entrusted with the earth’s glory, believes that in each person is the Creator’s image and that everyone who tramples it offends God. As holy defender of God’s rights and of his images, the church must cry out. It takes as spittle in its face, as lashes on its back, as the cross in its passion, all that human beings suffer, even though they be unbelievers. They suffer as …
We will therefore turn to the less ambitious question of what men themselves show by their behavior to be the purpose and intention of their lives. What do they demand of life and wish to achieve in it? The answer to this can hardly be in doubt. They strive for happiness; they want to become happy and to remain so. This endeavor has two sides, a positive and a negative aim. It aims, on the one hand, at an absence of pain and unpleasure, and, on the other, at the experiencing …
The religion/ politics dichotomy is a false one. It isn't that politics has no role; it's that politics is simply inseparable from the Abrahamic religions. Religion is politics. That was the case during the Barbary confrontation in 1786, and it's the case with the Israel-Palestine conflict now. Throughout history, religion has simply been an excuse looking for a conflict.
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Appears in: NY Sun.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2007).