Dilemma

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  • noun. A situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavorable or unsatisfactory.
  • noun. A problem that seems to defy a satisfactory solution.
  • noun. An argument that presents two alternatives, each of which has the same consequence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A form of argument in which it is shown that whoever maintains a certain proposition must accept one or other of two alternative conclusions, and that each of these involves the denial of the proposition in question.
  • noun. A difficult or doubtful choice; a state of things in which the alternatives appear to be equally bad or undesirable.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.
  • noun. A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.
  • noun. alternatives, each of which is equally difficult of encountering.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
  • noun. this sense) (disputed) A difficult circumstance or problem.
  • noun. A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
  • noun. Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
    • Word Usage
    "An editor once defined the word "dilemma" for me as "a choice between two undesirable outcomes.""
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    perplexity  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    double bind  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Emma  Gemma  emma  gemma  lemma  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blunder  calamity  challenge  complication  contradiction  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Aristotelian sorites  Goclenian sorites  Gordian knot  Scylla and Charybdis  baffle  
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