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  1. false dichotomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. false dichotomy: Wiktionary
  3. False dichotomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (false dichotomy)

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

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