as in paradoxes
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
her outfit is a sartorial dichotomy: an elegant gown and ratty old tennis shoes
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Recent Examples of dichotomies
Desai’s multipart meet-cute lets her challenge neat old-world–new-world dichotomies.
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Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dichotomies
paradoxes
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It can be built, measured, and lived through five core competencies—each of which enables HR to manage paradoxes rather than collapse them.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Especially because the paradoxes only get stronger from Scorpio to Pisces.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Dichotomies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomies. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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