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{{trans-top|situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available}}
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* Afrikaans: {{t|af|vals dichotomie}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مأزق مفتعل}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ілжывая дылема}}, {{t|be|ілжывая дыхатамія}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|假兩難推理}}, {{t|cmn|假两难推理|tr=jiǎliǎngnántuīlǐ}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[väärä]] [[dikotomia]]}}, {{t|fi|[[väärä]] [[kahtiajako]]}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[väärä]] [[dikotomia]]}}, {{t|fi|[[väärä]] [[kahtiajako]]}}
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* German: {{t|de|falsche Dichotomie|f}}
* German: {{t|de|falsche Dichotomie|f}}
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* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Italian: {{t|it|falsa dicotomia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|誤った二分法|tr=あやまったにぶんほう, ayamattanibunhō}}
* Russian: {{t-needed|ru}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|거짓 이분법}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|netikrasis pasirinkimas}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|دوگانه جعلی}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|falsa dicotomia|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|ло́жная дихотомия}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|falsk dikotomi|c}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|falsk dikotomi|c}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ทวิบถเท็จ}}
* Turkish: {{t-needed|tr}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|yanlış ikilem}}
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Revision as of 14:42, 16 June 2022

English

Etymology

A diagram of a type of inflorescence (a cluster of flowers) called a dichasium. Dichasia exhibit false dichotomy (sense 1).

From false +‎ dichotomy.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌfɔːls daɪˈkɒtəmi/, /fɒls-/, /dɪ-/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌfɔls daɪˈkɑtəmi/, /fɑls-/, [-ɾə-]
  • Rhymes: -ɒtəmi
  • Hyphenation: false di‧cho‧to‧my

Noun

false dichotomy (plural false dichotomies)

  1. (botany) A branching in which the main axis appears to divide dichotomously at the apex but is in reality suppressed, the growth being continued by lateral branches (as in the dichasium).
  2. (rhetoric) A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available.
    Synonyms: fallacy of the excluded middle, false dilemma

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