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択一的 (たくいつてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

択たく一いつ的てき

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Meanings

1

alternative; either-or

Describes a situation where one must choose between two mutually exclusive options. Often used in formal or technical contexts.

その問もん題だいは択たく一いつ的てきな解かい決けつ策さくしか

なかっ

た

。

The problem had only an either-or solution.

彼かれは択たく一いつ的てきな選せん択たくを迫せまられた。

He was forced to make an alternative choice.

Kanji

択choose, select, elect
一one, one radical (no.1)
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

二に者しゃ択たく一いつ
A noun meaning 'choosing between two alternatives'. 択一的 is the adjectival form describing such a situation.
選せん択たく肢し
Means 'options' or 'choices' in general, not necessarily limited to two. 択一的 implies a strict either-or dichotomy.

Built from

択たく一いつ+的てき

Etymology

Derived from 択一 (たくいつ, 'choosing one') + 的 (てき, adjectival suffix). 択一 is a compound of 択 (select) and 一 (one).