dichotomize

[ dahy-kot-uh-mahyz ]
/ daɪˈkɒt əˌmaɪz /
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verb (used with object), di·chot·o·mized, di·chot·o·miz·ing.

to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.

verb (used without object), di·chot·o·mized, di·chot·o·miz·ing.

to become divided into two parts; form a dichotomy.
Also especially British, di·chot·o·mise.

Origin of dichotomize

1600–10; < Late Latin dichotom(os) dichotomous + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM dichotomize

di·chot·o·mist [dahy-kot-uh-mist] /daɪˈkɒt ə mɪst/, noun di·chot·o·mis·tic, adjective di·chot·o·mi·za·tion, noun

Words nearby dichotomize

dichogamy, dichondra, dichoptic, dichorial, dichotic, dichotomize, dichotomous, dichotomous key, dichotomous question, dichotomy, dichroic

Words related to dichotomize

separate, disconnect, divide, divorce, break, split, detach, sever, rive, tear, splinter, isolate, rip, disband, crack, open, cut, partition, subdivide, cross

Example sentences from the Web for dichotomize

  • Where action is a consequence of a philosophic system, the system seems to dichotomize into art and religion.

    Creative Intelligence |John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen

British Dictionary definitions for dichotomize

dichotomize

dichotomise

/ (daɪˈkɒtəˌmaɪz) /

verb

to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications

Derived forms of dichotomize

dichotomist, noun dichotomization or dichotomisation, noun