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Noun: dichotomisation  dI,kó-tu-mu'zey-shun or di,kó-tu-mu'zey-shun [N. Amer], dI,kó-tu-mI'zey-shun or di,kó-tu-mI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: dichotomization)
  1. The act of dividing into two sharply different categories
    "The dichotomisation of the data into 'success' and 'failure' oversimplified the results";
    - dichotomization

Derived forms: dichotomisations

Type of: division

Encyclopedia: Dichotomisation