binary opposition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbinaryandopposition
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binary
adjective
uk/ˈbaɪ.nər.i/us/ˈbaɪ.ner.i/
mathematics,computingspecialized
using a system of numbers that uses only 0 ...
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opposition
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition ofbinaryandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbinary opposition
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This would seem to be a furtherbinaryoppositionin her work.
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Between the phenomenological 'type' and the structuralist 'binaryopposition' a host of other semantic operators are at work.
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This is the keybinaryoppositionof the text.
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These elements relate to each other along the geometrical, corporeal and functional domain through abinaryopposition.
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This insistentbinaryoppositionis also what ties the subplot into the main one.
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Indeed, the novel appears to ask its readers to see it in such terms ofbinaryopposition.
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How is the superfluousbinaryoppositionof tradition and modernity experienced by "margin dwellers"?
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In other words, they adapted to the 'big split' without challenging thebinaryoppositionbetween work and music.
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In resisting the impulse tobinaryopposition, we can see that she self-reflexively positioned herself to respond to this pivotal moment in the history of the region.
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In addition, instead of thebinaryopposition, it has highlighted the fact that various dialect forms could co-exist with the official languages established by the state.
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The simplebinaryoppositionof a right to die versus the right to life is incompatible with the complexity of caring for patients with severe disorders of consciousness.
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Yet despite the absence of a published text, the production was not anti-writing and pro-performance in a simplebinaryoppositionthat the very term écriture corporelle seeks to unravel.
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Tuqan's text transcends this simplisticbinaryoppositionand confronts us instead with a reality wherein neither total subordination nor complete triumph is left unchallenged.
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The reduction to abinaryoppositionis further strengthened because films have to appeal to the broadest possible audience to guarantee financial success.
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Binaryoppositionis the system by which, in language and thought, two theoretical opposites are strictly defined and set off against one another.
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Deconstruction is the event or moment at which abinaryoppositionis thought to contradict itself, and undermine its own authority.
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In structuralism, abinaryoppositionis seen as a fundamental organizer of human philosophy, culture, and language.
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