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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Pertaining to trichotomy; influenced by or practising trichotomy.

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  • In addition, the rural population is sometimes seen as a specific class in Marx's historical writings, as is the Lumpenproletariat (“dregs of society”), so that we obtain an image of society, which, far from the usual dichotomic or trichotomic image, is differentiated into several strata with multiple interests.

    CLASS LEWIS A. COSER 1968

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