Why this word is great
TRICHOTOMIST — [Noun] A person who believes that human beings are composed of three distinct components: body, soul, and spirit. From trichotomy (from Greek τριχοτόμος, "divided into three parts") + -ist (agent noun suffix). Unlike a "dichotomist" (who cleaves existence into mere body and soul) or a "monist" (who insists on indivisible unity), the trichotomist navigates life with a map that marks three territories: the tangible weight of flesh, the silent whisper of the soul, and the elusive spark of spirit. It is the ache of muscle after labor, the quiet sorrow of a memory half-forgotten, and the sudden, inexplicable lift of joy at the sight of dawn—three notes in a chord that never quite resolves.