The rivalry between the East Coast and West Coast incited a dichotomy between the genres of music.
Think of a Magnet... if you were able to split the North end from the South end, that would be a dichotomy of a magnet.
Think of a Magnet... if you were able to split the North end from the South end, that would be a dichotomy of a magnet.
by Qube August 26, 2003
Get the dichotomymug. A split in a singular body; as in a conflict that involves two disagreeing parties with no will to resolve anything.
There is a dichotomy in the way democracy is run, the government does not communicate to the people and vice versa.
by VS August 28, 2003
Get the dichotomymug. “‘Stay faithful, or stay single’ is what I always say.”
“False dichotomy, dude—what if you’re poly?”
“False dichotomy, dude—what if you’re poly?”
by zzach64 October 12, 2018
Get the False dichotomymug. 1.
Louise: I love cats.
Keisha: why don’t you like dogs?
Louise: I like both, liking cats and liking dogs aren’t mutually exclusive. Thinking they are is a false dichotomy.
2.
Person 1: I’m not a liberal.
Person 2: so you’re a conservative?
Person 1: no I’m independent. Why do people see politics as a false dichotomy.
Louise: I love cats.
Keisha: why don’t you like dogs?
Louise: I like both, liking cats and liking dogs aren’t mutually exclusive. Thinking they are is a false dichotomy.
2.
Person 1: I’m not a liberal.
Person 2: so you’re a conservative?
Person 1: no I’m independent. Why do people see politics as a false dichotomy.
by nutella137 August 20, 2020
Get the False dichotomymug. The apparent contradiction that women from India tend to be either amazingly beautiful or less than attractive. Particularly noticable among first generation Indian undergraduates.
by crew8221 March 8, 2004
Get the Indian dichotomymug. The unexplainable circumstance when, for no apparent reason, the urban dictionary accepts this word while rejecting really good ones.
by tirtle November 24, 2017
Get the urban dichotomymug. by pepperedmoth December 15, 2021
Get the dichotomy, dualitymug.