English Dictionary

false dichotomy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌfɔːls daɪˈkɒtəmi/

名詞

修辞法

(botany) A branching in which the main axis appears to divide dichotomously at the apex but is in reality suppressed, the growth being continued by lateral branches (as in the dichasium).

日本語の意味

（植物学において）主軸が頂部で二分しているように見えるが、実際には抑制され、その成長が側枝によって継続される分岐様式。

The botanist identified the branching as a false dichotomy, noting that the apparent split was actually sustained by lateral shoots.

植物学者はその分枝を偽二叉分枝と特定し、見かけ上の分裂は実際には側枝によって成長が続けられていると記録した。

意味（1）

(botany) A branching in which the main axis appears to divide dichotomously at the apex but is in reality suppressed, the growth being continued by lateral branches (as in the dichasium).

意味（2）

(rhetoric) A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available.

false dichotomies （ plural ）