false dichotomyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A diagram of a type of inflorescence (a cluster of flowers) called a dichasium. Dichasia exhibit false dichotomy (sense 1).

From false +‎ dichotomy.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔːls daɪˈkɒtəmi/, /fɒls-/, /dɪ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔls daɪˈkɑtəmi/, /fɑls-/, [-ɾə-]
• 韻: -ɒtəmi
• ハイフネーション: false di‧cho‧to‧my

名詞

false dichotomy (複数形 false dichotomies)

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

   Synonyms: fallacy of the excluded middle, false dilemma