One type of closed-ended question is a "dichotomous" question Page 9. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Their reasoning was based on the difference between what they call "dichotomous" diseases, like cancer, and diseases that exist on a continuum, like diabetes. From Wordnik.com. [Top Headlines - Diabetes Health] Reference
"dichotomous" business, I would, but I can't, so I won't. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
'dichotomous' or 'bifurcate' method, and exemplified by the so-called. From Wordnik.com. [The English Utilitarians, Volume I.] Reference
But even there, it's a simple, dichotomous choice. From Wordnik.com. [For Bets on Euro Bailout, Buy Japan or Asia] Reference
I have what is labeled as a dichotomous personality. From Wordnik.com. [absentia Diary Entry] Reference
Their relation to information is utterly dichotomous. From Wordnik.com. [Anis Shivani: Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age] Reference
The media promotes this dichotomous view of the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2001] Reference
(Cohn), filaments branched in a pseudo-dichotomous manner. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
From then on, Wiseman pulls us straight into Aspen's dichotomous heart. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Mountain High Life] Reference
They are in fact a dichotomous relationship where never the two shall meet. From Wordnik.com. [Shana Sosin: What Are They Afraid Of?] Reference
"Get Low" has a dichotomous nature, personified by Mr. Duvall and Mr. Murray. From Wordnik.com. ['Get Low' Rides High on Great Acting] Reference
The prime minister's efforts have, on occasion, produced dichotomous results. From Wordnik.com. [Abdullah v. Anwar] Reference
Force and Diplomacy: Americans tend think of force and diplomacy in dichotomous terms. From Wordnik.com. [Jeremi Suri: Happy Birthday, Henry Kissinger!] Reference
A group which exhibits true but not dichotomous branching, and contains some pathogenic species. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
We do not see our identities, our world, or our options for living as a series of dichotomous choices. From Wordnik.com. [Tanene Allison: Online and Off, Millennials Redefine Civil Rights Activism] Reference
Yet the use of the image of a dichotomous society was not limited to the spokesmen for the under - privileged. From Wordnik.com. [CLASS] Reference
Again, privative terms inevitably form one branch of dichotomous division, as we see in the proposed dichotomies. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
First, the essence of the angler is evident from his activity and is easy to spell out using dichotomous division. From Wordnik.com. [Method and Metaphysics in Plato's Sophist and Statesman] Reference
A few floors below, and in GM plants, centers, and offices across America, employees are living a dichotomous life. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Devin: Anxious but Excited, GM Employees Hope for a Revival] Reference
Hence we get the dichotomous concept of rulers and ruled, of rich and poor, or finally, of exploiters and exploited. From Wordnik.com. [CLASS] Reference
The two alternatives, presented as dichotomous above, may be viewed as partly overlapping, and not mutually exclusive. From Wordnik.com. [Biodiversity] Reference
The sets of ways of cognizing an object and of forms of physical phenomena are mutually exclusive, but not dichotomous. From Wordnik.com. [Relationships between Two Objects in General] Reference
In these there is a thallus which starts from a central point and continually divides in a forked or dichotomous manner. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
For example, the sets of static (permanent) and nonstatic (impermanent) phenomena are mutually exclusive and dichotomous. From Wordnik.com. [Relationships between Two Objects in General] Reference
Historically, this attention has been diverted to dichotomous debates over private participation, and change is called for. From Wordnik.com. [Water governance] Reference
The dependent dichotomous variable for war is based on having a level 6 score in the fatality category of the MID data set. From Wordnik.com. [A Federalist Peace Theory, 1946-1992] Reference
The paper argues that this dichotomous debate has lead to inconclusive and unconstructive discussions among interested parties. From Wordnik.com. [Water governance] Reference
How can it be otherwise, when the question presents a dichotomous response choice and demands that we pick one of those responses?. From Wordnik.com. [Mikhail Lyubansky: Race is Sexy. Sex is Racy. Now "Get Lost"] Reference
Although Herder opposed the idea of linear progress, he nonetheless refused to view stages of de - velopment in a dichotomous manner. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The distinctive round-topped tree with its thick trunk, has branches that fork out and divide into pairs, hence the name dichotomous. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And Henri de Saint-Simon used the dichotomous division between the industrial class and the idle class for similar ideological purposes. From Wordnik.com. [CLASS] Reference
The membrane had no alter image, no counterpart, and he began to wonder if in that dichotomous void, there wasn't a singularity after all. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
Are we not a contradictory species occupying a dichotomous planet wobbling about in what, from all indications, is a paradoxical universe?. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Incognito]
Moreover, seeking universal dichotomous solutions to a complex and diverse issue such as water is a discussion which leads to no solution. From Wordnik.com. [Water governance] Reference
Our experience is also a cultural and educational exchange that will bring together in dialogue two dichotomous definitions of journalism. From Wordnik.com. [Courtney Woo: A Media Intern Blogs Behind the Scenes at the Beijing Olympics] Reference
Classification (of creating binary or dichotomous categories for advancing/constraining discussion -- also the Dialectic method of inquiry). From Wordnik.com. [Plato's Gorgias - Selected Moments] Reference
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