Meaning and example
being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
The dichotomy between eastern and western culture
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.172 places dichotomy in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 88.3% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
succinctUncommon
- Known by
- 88.4%
briefly giving the gist of something
indigentUncommon
- Known by
- 88.3%
poor enough to need help from others
nefariousUncommon
- Known by
- 88.1%
extremely wicked
sanguineUncommon
- Known by
- 88.1%
a blood-red color
sardonicUncommon
- Known by
- 88.6%
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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