dichotomy
C1CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
General noun
A division into two sharply opposed or contrasted parts.
The author challenges the tired dichotomy between nature and culture.
Business noun
A division into two sharply contrasting and mutually exclusive categories.
The framework forces executives to confront the dichotomy between short-term margin protection and long-term market share growth.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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