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dichotomy Already in her first job, she noticed a dichotomy between the theories she'd been taught in college and the realities of professional life. daɪˈkɑtəmi

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(1) A division into two often contradictory groups. (2) Something with qualities that seem to contradict each other. In the modern world there's a dichotomy between fast and intense big-city life and the slower and more relaxed life in the country. But the dichotomy is nothing new: the Roman poet Horace was complaining about it in the 1st century B.C. Among other eternal dichotomies, there's the dichotomy between wealth and poverty, between the policies of the leading political parties, between a government's words and its actions—and between what would be most fun to do right this minute and what would be the mature and sensible alternative

word	dichotomy
definition	(1) A division into two often contradictory groups. (2) Something with qualities that seem to contradict each other.
eg_sentence	Already in her first job, she noticed a dichotomy between the theories she'd been taught in college and the realities of professional life.
explanation	In the modern world there's a dichotomy between fast and intense big-city life and the slower and more relaxed life in the country. But the dichotomy is nothing new: the Roman poet Horace was complaining about it in the 1st century B.C. Among other eternal dichotomies, there's the dichotomy between wealth and poverty, between the policies of the leading political parties, between a government's words and its actions—and between what would be most fun to do right this minute and what would be the mature and sensible alternative
IPA	daɪˈkɑtəmi

Dichotomy Life Division Contradictory Groups Qualities Contradict Job