dichotomy

Pre-college admissions scandal, Huffman was enjoying a career boost on “Desperate Housewives,” and the movie marketing played with the dichotomy between her hyper-feminine public image and the film’s depiction of transfemininity.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

"It's bohemian but it's also populated by some of the richest people in the world. It's a strange dichotomy."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

"But what we saw was a real dichotomy between the weather on both sides of the planet, and huge differences in cloud coverage, and that changes our whole picture of the planet."

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

While that dichotomy can be confusing to some on TikTok, it fits together in Kempczinski’s effort to drive as much traffic as possible to restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Another supposed dichotomy that becomes blurred in reality is a distinction between food producers as active managers of their land and hunter-gatherers as mere collectors of the land’s wild produce.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The publication sparked backlash from climate scientists who accused Gates of making arguments based on "false dichotomies" - pitting mitigation and adaptation against each other.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

It doesn’t seem nearly as big as the dot-com bubble, and the dichotomies don’t seem extreme, as in the 1990s.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

“There are no dichotomies in his world,” Arocena said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

Collapsing those false dichotomies is as much the role of the leader as enshrining core values, setting a strategy and inspiring action.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2023

The alleged controversy is as bogus as other catchy dichotomies such as nature versus nurture and America: Love It or Leave It.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker