Words 'n Pictures

dichotomy

A definition from dictionary.com:

"division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups"

An illustrated example:

Cover by Margot Austin, October 1956 Jack and Jill Magazine

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meme

a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes.

a unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

(Dictionary.com dates the origin of this word 1976, I did not realize it predated the internet...)

Illustrated example-Norman Rockwell's "Gossip"