| Term | dichotomy |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | dngos-'gal |
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| Pali | |
| Definition | Two mutually exclusive sets form a dichotomy if all existent phenomena must be a member of either one or the other mutually exclusive set. |
| German | Dichotomie |
|---|---|
| Italian | dicotomia |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | directly contradictory; dichotomy; direct contradictories |