Dichotomy vs. Paradox

Dichotomynoun

A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.

Dichotomynoun

Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.

Dichotomynoun

(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.

Dichotomynoun

The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.

Dichotomynoun

(astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.

Dichotomynoun

(biology) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.

Dichotomynoun

A cutting in two; a division.

Dichotomynoun

Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.

Dichotomynoun

That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.

Dichotomynoun

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.

Dichotomynoun

The place where a stem or vein is forked.

Dichotomynoun

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.

Dichotomynoun

being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses;

Dichotomynoun

a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different

Dichotomynoun

repeated branching into two equal parts.

Dichotomy

A dichotomy is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets). In other words, this couple of parts must be jointly exhaustive: everything must belong to one part or the other, and mutually exclusive: nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts.Such a partition is also frequently called a bipartition.

Paradoxnoun

An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.u

Paradoxnoun

A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.s

Paradoxnoun

A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.t

Paradoxnoun

A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.

Paradoxnoun

A person or thing having contradictory properties.t

Paradoxnoun

An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth. s

Paradoxnoun

(obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.

Paradoxnoun

(uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.

Paradoxnoun

A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.

Paradoxnoun

The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.s

Paradoxnoun

A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

Paradoxnoun

(logic) a self-contradiction;

Paradoxnoun

a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true

Paradoxnoun

a statement or proposition which, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems logically unacceptable or self-contradictory

Paradoxnoun

a person or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities

Paradox

A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true premises, leads to a seemingly self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion.