trichotomy
Division into three
A trichotomy is a division into three parts or categories, especially one that's exhaustive and mutually exclusive.
The term appears in philosophy, theology, and formal analysis: the trichotomy of body, mind, and spirit, the trichotomy of past, present, and future.
Where dichotomy splits in two, trichotomy splits in three.
Group of three
- trinityUnified set of three
- tripartiteConsisting of three parts
- ternaryConsisting of three parts
- trifoldHaving three panels
threefold · triple · triptych · trilogy · troika · trio · trisection · triadic
Splitting into parts
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- categorizationArranging into groups
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- typologyClassification by shared traits
segmentation · demarcation · subdivision · sorting · grouping · schema · framework · hierarchy
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- HegelGerman absolute idealist philosopher
- thesis-antithesis-synthesisThree-stage reasoning process
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
metaphysics · Aristotle · Kant · phenomenology · categorical · modal · semiotics
triad
Group of three
- trinityUnified set of three
- tripartiteConsisting of three parts
- ternaryConsisting of three parts
trifold · threefold · triple · triptych · trilogy · troika · trio · trisection · triadic · trilateral
division
Splitting into parts
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- categorizationArranging into groups
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
typology · segmentation · demarcation · subdivision · sorting · grouping · schema · framework · hierarchy · ordering
Plato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- HegelGerman absolute idealist philosopher
- thesis-antithesis-synthesisThree-stage reasoning process
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
ontology · metaphysics · Aristotle · Kant · phenomenology · categorical · modal · semiotics
- classificationcategory, classification, group, cataloging, grouping
- threestrio, triad, triple, triplet, trinity
- relationsrelation, relationship, equivalence relation, connection, link
- Rule of Threethree wishes, three pigs, trinity, three blind mice, tricolon
- theological anthropologyimage of God, divine image, divine likeness, likeness, fall of man
- Math RulesPythagorean theorem, distributive property, commutative property, associative property, order of operations
trichotomydichotomy
Division into contrasting parts
binary · duality · bifurcation · bipartition · monism
trichotomycontinuum
Uninterrupted, gradual sequence
spectrum · gradient · gradation · sliding scale · fluidity
trichotomyunity
Wholeness through cohesion
oneness · wholeness · monism · singularity · indivisibility