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false dichotomy n

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

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