Binary and Dichotomy

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Binary noun - A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation.

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Dichotomy and binary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dichotomy" instead a noun "Binary".

Dichotomy noun - Someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another.

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Binary and dichotomy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Binary" instead a noun "Dichotomy".

Nearby Words: dichotomized, dichotomize, dichotomic, dichotomizing

Much like other things in life, the division between literary fiction and genre fiction is not a total binary dichotomy.

Source: Lit Fic
Gender Binary: The dichotomy that splits everything (even things that have no basis in sex or gender) into "male" and "female", masculine and feminine, as opposed existing on a continuum with many people grouped toward the ends.

Source: Useful Notes / Feminism

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