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Pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning
A binary opposition (also binary system) is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. Binary opposition is the system of language
Binary_opposition
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up binary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Binary may refer to: Binary number, a representation of numbers using only two values (0 and 1) for
Binary
Topics referred to by the same term
Party rule in Chicago and Cook County Binary opposition, a pair of related terms that are opposite in meaning Opposition (boolean algebra), two terms with
Opposition
1990 book by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
sexuality. In Epistemology of the Closet, Sedgwick states that standard binary oppositions limit freedom and understanding, especially in the context of sexuality
Epistemology_of_the_Closet
dull. Claude Levi Strauss' concept of binary opposition can be used in analysing media language. Binary opposition is the system of language and/or thought
Media_linguistics
Islamic term for "permissible" things
these guidelines to ensure compliance with Islamic principles. This binary opposition was elaborated into a more complex classification known as "the five
Halal
American post-rock band
Spartan Records. Spartan Records released the band's second record, Binary Opposition, on June 25, 2013 on limited edition colored marble vinyl as well
Shy,_Low
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
sleight of hand, an association of an irreconcilable binary opposition with a reconcilable binary opposition, creating the illusion, or belief, that the former
Claude_Lévi-Strauss
Study of signs
for example, by showing how a text unintentionally undermines a binary opposition on which it relies. A historically influential tradition in text semiotics
Semiotics
Approach to understanding the relationship between text and meaning
longer be included within philosophical (binary) opposition. Instead, they inhabit philosophical oppositions[further explanation needed]—resisting and
Deconstruction
Writing principle
example, the speech "Non-Violence and Racial Justice" contained a binary opposition made up of the rule of three: "insult, injustice and exploitation"
Rule_of_three_(writing)
Gender identities outside of the gender binary
Non-binary (also written as nonbinary) or genderqueer gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities
Non-binary
Philosophical school and tradition
self-sufficiency of structuralism, as well as an interrogation of the binary oppositions that constitute its structures. Accordingly, post-structuralism discards
Post-structuralism
Theory of economics
The term "binary" in his case is derived from a perceived heterodox treatment of labor and capital (but not in the sense of binary opposition). Kelso claimed
Binary_economics
Partition into two separate parts
Psychology portal The dictionary definition of dichotomy at Wiktionary Binary opposition Bipartite (disambiguation) Class (set theory) Dichotomy paradox Dilemma
Dichotomy
Topics referred to by the same term
Binary system may refer to: Binary number system, the base-2 internal "machine language" of computers Binary opposition, a bipolar distinction in philosophy
Binary system (disambiguation)
Binary_system_(disambiguation)
Term of literary criticism or of rhetorical technique
applicable to love making after two years of marriage which is clearly in binary opposition to the sublime but is no less political. Edmund Burke was believed
Bathos
Attempts to undermine political, military or economic power
in the feminist context such as the way it is used to change the binary opposition between men and women, particularly how it gives the category 'woman'
Destabilisation
Field of critical theory
phenomena, often through an analysis of the categories, language, and binary oppositions in which they are portrayed. It emerged in the early 1990s out of
Queer_theory
Concept in literary theory
because Hegelianism's notion of binary oppositions whose continual supersession (relève) by new higher-level binary oppositions rests on a system of elemental
Différance
Russian and Soviet folklorist (1895–1970)
superficial syntagm, and his structure is usually rendered as a binary oppositional structure. For paradigmatic analysis, the syntagm, or the linear
Vladimir_Propp
Division into two principles or kinds
phenomena. Dualism is closely related to duality, dichotomy, and binary opposition. Although these terms overlap and are sometimes used interchangeably
Dualism
Linguistic analysis
paradigmatic opposition is to help generate an order of dynamic complexity of experience in the past. People have believed in binary opposition since at least
Paradigmatic_analysis
Philosophical movement
Postmodern philosophy is often particularly skeptical about simple binary oppositions characteristic of structuralism, emphasizing the problem of the philosopher
Postmodern_philosophy
French writer (born 1937)
spoken word over the written word in Western culture. The idea of binary opposition is essential to Cixous' position on language. Cixous and Luce Irigaray
Hélène_Cixous
Belief that speech is superior to sign or written language
closer to the presence of subjects than writing. He believed that the binary opposition between speech and writing is a form of logocentrism. The philosopher
Phonocentrism
this movement has gained popularity. Ariel is structurally based on binary opposition, and the figures of Ariel and Caliban are diametrically opposed. In
Ariel_(essay)
Jewish manual from the Dead Sea Scrolls
be made. In the Community Rule (1QS), for example, the theme of a binary opposition between Light and Dark can be seen. Both include dualistic blessing
War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness
War_of_the_Sons_of_Light_Against_the_Sons_of_Darkness
State of standing out as unusual
Trubetzkoy as a means of characterizing binary oppositions. Both sound and meaning were analyzed into systems of binary distinctive features. Edwin Battistella
Markedness
Term referring to a non-Jew
Old and New Testament were written – created an increasingly clear binary opposition between "Jew" and "non-Jew". The Hebrew word "goy" went through a
Gentile
British sculptor, photographer and artist
always talking about craftsmanship—a constant fount of information". Binary opposition was a strong theme in Chadwick's work; seductive/repulsive, male/female
Helen_Chadwick
Software published only in binary code
software, proprietary software only available as a binary executable is referred to as a blob or binary blob. The term usually refers to a device driver
Binary_blob
Socio-geographic concept
economy," in which he argues that people ought to reconsider the binary oppositions that were imposed through colonialism, such as those of global vs
Global_cultural_flows
British electronic musician (born 1971)
According to Pitchfork's Paul Cooper braindance "escaped the mind/body binary opposition of electronic music" while retaining its club roots. James has been
Aphex_Twin
Literary theory of narrative structure
believed to align with real-life phenomena. Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index Binary opposition Comparative mythology French structuralism Hero’s journey Morphology
Todorov's narrative theory of equilibrium
Todorov's_narrative_theory_of_equilibrium
20, 2014. "SHY, LOW Post Sampler Video Featuring All Tracks from 'Binary Opposition' EP". Retrieved May 14, 2014. "Spartan Records - Waypoint - "Solus"
Spartan_Records_discography
Topics referred to by the same term
referring to the Earth. It is also an idiom often used to describe binary oppositions. Polar Opposite or Polar Opposites may also refer to: Polar Opposite
Polar_opposite
French philosopher (1930–2004)
"logocentrism", Derrida argues, creates "marked" or hierarchized binary oppositions that affect everything from the conception of speech's relation to
Jacques_Derrida
Aufheben Autonomy Avant-garde Avatar Avadhuta Axiom Beauty Being Belief Binary opposition Bioethics Biofact Biopolitics Body without organs Boltzmann brain
List of philosophical concepts
List_of_philosophical_concepts
Term for cultural process of shifting ideas of reality
the postmodern movement by analyzing how simulations disrupt the binary opposition between reality and illusion and has the ability to address or resolve
Hyperreality
Financial exotic option with an all-or-nothing payoff
binary option is a financial exotic option in which the payoff is either some fixed monetary amount or nothing at all. The two main types of binary options
Binary_option
1964 book by Claude Lévi-Strauss
analyses 187 myths, reconstructing sociocultural formations using binary oppositions based on sensory qualities. The work thus presents an adaptation of
The_Raw_and_the_Cooked
Process of revealing one's sexual orientation or other attributes
analyst Judith Butler (1991) states that the in/out metaphor creates a binary opposition which pretends that the closet is dark, marginal, and false, and that
Coming_out
Type of traditional narrative
University of Virginia Press. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-0-8139-1657-6. — (1997). "Binary Opposition in Myth: The Propp/Levi-Strauss Debate in Retrospect." Western Folklore
Myth
American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950)
people were so angry at me. But we need to get some distance from the binary opposition we were raised in: evil white people and good Black people. The world
Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr.
Two words that differ in only one element of their pronunciation
only perceptible in slow, careful speech. The principle of a simple binary opposition between the two members of a minimal pair may be extended to cover
Minimal_pair
Academic writing model
introductions using CARS Model. Sawaki, Tomoko. "The CARS model and binary opposition structure." Public Journal of Semiotics 6.1 (2014): 73–90. Wardle
CARS_model
British feminist film theorist (born 1941)
relation to two axes: one of activity and one of passivity. This "binary opposition is gendered." The male characters are seen as active and powerful:
Laura_Mulvey
2017 novel by British-Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid
justifies the binary paradigms of the orientalist mind-set as the dichotomy of 'them' and 'us' is constructed upon the artificial binary opposition between
Exit_West
Feature of the production of stop consonants
the relative terms fortis and lenis are often used to describe a binary opposition between a series of consonants with higher (more positive) VOT, defined
Voice_onset_time
Video game protagonist
design of the Trailblazer fundamentally subverts the traditional binary opposition in RPG protagonists between the "default hero" and the "blank-slate
Trailblazer (Honkai: Star Rail)
Trailblazer_(Honkai:_Star_Rail)
Idea proposed by Mircea Eliade
The Lost Years of Merlin. New York: Ace Books, 1999 Dundes, Alan. "Binary Opposition in Myth: The Propp/Levi-Strauss Debate in Retrospect". Western Folklore
Eternal_return_(Eliade)
Logical operation
Ampheck Apophasis Binary opposition Bitwise NOT Contraposition Cyclic negation Negation as failure NOT gate Plato's beard Square of opposition Virtually all
Negation
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
their opposition: if redouter did not exist, all its content would go to its competitors." Saussure defined his theory in terms of binary oppositions: sign—signified
Ferdinand_de_Saussure
Type of role taken by a character
which the narrative revolves. An actant can also be described as a binary opposition pairing, such as a hero paired with a villain, a dragon paired with
Actant
1973 novel by Toni Morrison
points out, the ambiguity of Sula as a character subverts traditional binary oppositions, and "transcends the boundaries of social and linguistic convention
Sula_(novel)
than the genetic origins of those myths, such as the fundamental and binary opposition rooted in the nature of marriage proposed by Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze
Proto-Indo-European_mythology
Mathematical operation with two operands
a binary operation or dyadic operation is a rule for combining two elements (called operands) to produce another element. More formally, a binary operation
Binary_operation
Overlapping concepts in myth and religion
Religion. Trans. Willard R. Trask. NY Harper & Row, 1961. Dundes, Alan. "Binary Opposition in Myth: The Propp/Levi-Strauss Debate in Retrospect". Western Folklore
Religion_and_mythology
Ancient Chinese approach to alchemy
into others. The cyclical balance of the elements relates to the binary opposition of yin-yang, and so it appears quite frequently. Chinese alchemy can
Chinese_alchemy
Concept in anthropology by Lévi-Strauss
start," he wrote, "the process of visual perception makes use of binary oppositions." Only those who practice structural analysis are aware of what they
Structural_anthropology
Stylish clothing
19th century. In the 19th century time, Europeans described China in binary opposition to Europe, describing China as "lacking in fashion" among many other
Fashion
Indian mystic (1836–1886)
Sumit Sarkar argued that he found in the Kathamrita traces of a binary opposition between unlearned oral wisdom and learned literate knowledge. He argues
Ramakrishna
Joke based on assumptions about a specific ethnic group
arguments connected with ethnic humor on binary oppositions. While Raskin merely describes the main binary oppositions providing examples (mostly from Jewish
Ethnic_joke
Linguistic concept
inherently incompatible binary relationship. For example, something that is even entails that it is not odd. It is referred to as a 'binary' relationship because
Opposite
Notion in linguistics
account word frequency and is difficult to generalize beyond binary phonemic oppositions. Charles Hockett proposed an information theoretic definition
Functional_load
Senegalese filmmaker (1945–1998)
structured around essentialist nationalist discourse focused on the binary opposition of African values versus cultural alienation, Mambéty sought to expose
Djibril_Diop_Mambéty
1909 novel by Irene Clyde
of slavery, its preservation of class distinctions, and its use of binary oppositions such as Armeria and Uras, or free people and slaves. Although the
Beatrice_the_Sixteenth
Behavior or process that undermines individuality of and in others
considered essential to full humanity. This logic was grounded in binary oppositions, especially the division between the "civilized" and the "savage"
Dehumanization
at first, are liberatory, may become ideological as time goes on. Binary opposition Immanent critique Interpellation "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses"
Critique_of_ideology
Assimilation into Han-dominated Chinese society
New Qing History and sinicization theory, in the hope to avoid a binary opposition between them. He prefers the term "Hua-ization" to "sinicization"
Sinicization_of_the_Manchus
Feminism that rejects a universal female subject
identities and limiting agency. They seek to challenge traditional binary oppositions (e.g., man/woman, culture/nature) and deconstruct hierarchies. The
Postmodern_feminism
Brief history of Christianity in the Sasanian Empire (Iraq and Iran modern territory)
Sasanian Zoroastrianism. Several later researchers have criticized this binary opposition as oversimplified. They have found evidence in late Sasanian texts
Christianity in the Sasanian Empire
Christianity_in_the_Sasanian_Empire
Branch of anthropology
communities that stabilize allegiance. Subsequent scholarship on binary opposition highlights the values embedded in such pairs. One element often assumes
Folklore_studies
to reject the universal validity of such principles as hierarchy, binary opposition, categorization, and stable identity. Bauman, Zygmunt (1992). Intimations
History_of_human_thought
American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)
writings are based on the "theory of difference", the idea that the binary opposition between men and women is overly simplistic; although feminists have
Audre_Lorde
Opposition to legal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people exists worldwide. Opponents of LGBTQ rights may object to
Opposition_to_LGBTQ_rights
Nigerian professor and philosopher (1935-2018)
from the Western philosophical logical system, which is based on a binary opposition between paired entities, such as man versus woman, dark versus light
Sophie_Oluwole
Concept in Derridian deconstruction
or semantic) that can no longer be included within philosophical (binary) opposition, resisting and disorganizing it, without ever constituting a third
Trace_(deconstruction)
Concept in the science of signs
binary opposition as a relationship that necessarily implies some other relationship of conjunction and disjunction. A simple example is the binary symmetry
Polar_semiotics
Vietnamese film maker
observer. In the third section of essays, she advocates for a non-binary opposition of politics against dominant ideology. Trinh warns the reader to "solicit
Trinh_T._Minh-ha
Classification of sex and gender into two opposite forms
The gender binary (also known as gender binarism) is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social
Gender_binary
Hong Kong singer and actress
concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum. 2014 Sep 27: Kay Tse x goldEN Binary Opposition Live (謝安琪x goldEN 二元對立音樂實驗場) – 1 concert held at the MacPherson Stadium
Kay_Tse
Uruguayan writer (1871–1917)
this movement has gained popularity. Ariel is structurally based on binary opposition, and the figures of Ariel and Caliban are diametrically opposed. In
José_Enrique_Rodó
Motif in many mythologies and religions
Galina Popova emphasizes that the motif of the world tree offers a binary opposition between two different realms (the upper realm and the underworld)
World_tree
Philosopher
differences be understood outside the straitjacket of hierarchy and binary opposition? Thus the following volume, Metamorphoses: Towards a Materialist Theory
Rosi_Braidotti
Open question in philosophy of how abstract minds interact with physical bodies
In religious philosophy of Eastern monotheism, dualism denotes a binary opposition of an idea that contains two essential parts. The first formal concept
Mind–body_problem
Predicting the participants and seeding of an NCAA basketball tournament
culture, history, nature, and other topics where a loose application of binary opposition may be profitable for study or enjoyment, albeit without the label
Bracketology
Systematization of the Theravāda school's understanding of the highest Buddhist teachings
transcend the binary opposition between pluralism (sabbam puthuttam) and monism (sabbam ekattam), or as one Pāli commentary says, the binary opposition between
Theravada_Abhidhamma
Influential school of literary criticism in Russia
the device has been extended to its function in text. "Since the binary opposition – material vs. device – cannot account for the organic unity of the
Russian_formalism
1997 song by Björk
studio album, North. March; West (2013-08-15). "The Nature/Technology Binary Opposition Dismantled in the Music of Madonna and Björk". Music and Technoculture
Unravel_(Björk_song)
Traditional Igbo divination system
paradigmatic associations. Onwuejeogwu (1997) identified five distinct types of binary relationship that can obtain between any two afa signs when the chaplets
Afa_(Igbo_divination)
subject, male and female, which serve as further examples of Derrida's binary oppositions in which the first element is privileged, or considered prior to and
Postmodernism in political science
Postmodernism_in_political_science
Period in Argentine cinema history
the maintenance of family unity, and patriotism, and pointed out binary oppositions that were typical of the Peronist public discourse, such as 'people-oligarchy'
Golden Age of Argentine cinema
Golden_Age_of_Argentine_cinema
Gender identity of lacking a gender
recognized in Oregon in 2017. In 2025, Gender Census, a global survey of non-binary people, found that 25% of participants identified as agender. Agender people
Agender
Property of items within the grammar of a language
Roman Jakobson grammatical categories were lexemes that were based on binary oppositions of "a single feature of meaning that is equally present in all contexts
Grammatical_category
Japanese manga series and franchise
environmental concerns in its depiction of Judgment Day. Mankind exists in binary opposition to the Earth. By the end of days, humanity has become such a nuisance
X_(manga)
structured around essentialist nationalist discourse focused on the binary opposition of African values versus cultural alienation, Mambéty sought to expose
Cinema_of_Senegal
Racial paradigm in critical race theory
black–white binary is a paradigm through which racial history is presented as a linear story between White and Black Americans. This binary has largely
Black–white_binary
Gender identity differing from sex assigned at birth
The definition given above includes binary trans men and trans women and may also include people who are non-binary or genderqueer. Being transgender is
Transgender
BINARY OPPOSITION
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Male
English
English unisex form of Latin Hilarius and Hilaria, HILARY means "joyful; happy."Â Originally, this was strictly a masculine name.
Girl/Female
Indian
(the wife of Sage Kashyap)
Boy/Male
Indian
An intimate particle of the God of heaven
Girl/Female
Hindu
Shore, Musical instrument, Goddess of wealth
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Vickery.
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Einarr, EINAR means "lone warrior."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name PINAR means "spring."
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Bina, BINAH means "intelligence, wisdom."Â
Female
Hebrew
(×‘Ö¼Ö´×™× Ö¸×”) Hebrew name BINA means "intelligence, wisdom."Â
Male
Hindi/Indian
(विनय) Hindi name VINAY means "leading asunder."
Boy/Male
Irish
An ancient Irish name whos meaning is lost in antiquety.
Male
Hindi/Indian
Variant spelling of Hindi Vijay, BIJAY means "victory."
Female
English
English pet form of German Belinda, possibly BINDY means "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree."
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Blessing
Girl/Female
English
Originally a diminutive used for names ending in -bina, like Albina, Columbina, and Robina, now...
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, German, Greek, Latin, Polish, Swedish
Cheerful; Happy; Joyful; Similar to Hilary
Girl/Female
Hindu
Shore, Musical instrument, Goddess of wealth
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly South Yorkshire)
English (chiefly South Yorkshire) : topographic name for someone who lived on land enclosed by a bend in a river, from Old English binnan ēa ‘within the river’, or a habitational name from places in Kent called Binney and Binny, which have this origin.Scottish : habitational name from Binney or Binniehill near Falkirk, named in Gaelic as Beinnach, from beinn ‘hill’ + the locative suffix -ach.
Girl/Female
Indian
Modesty
Boy/Male
Latin
Happy; Cheerful.
BINARY OPPOSITION
BINARY OPPOSITION
Boy/Male
Biblical Hebrew
The father of the dew; or of the shadow.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Mystery
Male
Italian
Italian and Spanish form of Roman Latin Cælinus, CELINO means "heaven."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bright
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Strong; Broad Shouldered
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Great Bravery
Girl/Female
German
magnificent.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Allum.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Tamil
Immortal Jawahar Jewel; Alive; Living; Immortal
Female
English
Pet form of English Jennifer, JENAE means "white and smooth."
BINARY OPPOSITION
BINARY OPPOSITION
BINARY OPPOSITION
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n.
A binary compound of zinc.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.
n.
A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
n.
See Finery.
a.
Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.
n.
A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary.
a.
Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.
n.
A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
n.
A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide.
n.
That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.
n.
A canary bird.
a.
Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
a.
lasting for one day; as, a diary fever.
n.
Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.
a.
Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
v. i.
To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.
n.
A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride.
n.
A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.
n.
A binary compound of phosphorus.
a.
Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions.