dilemma
IPA: dɪɫˈɛmʌ
noun
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
- A difficult circumstance or problem.
- (logic) 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".
- (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
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Examples of "dilemma" in Sentences
- It was a thorny dilemma.
- I'll try to explicate the dilemma.
- The Iraq issue has the same dilemma.
- That's the fallacy of the false dilemma.
- The False dilemma is related to the claim.
- Insurance companies in the USA had the same dilemma.
- The election epitomised the dilemma of the Labour Party.
- The Law of Disruption creates the Entrenched Player's Dilemma.
- One of the major problems in the untying of aid is the donor dilemma.
- The dilemma of the subjective in information organization and retrieval.
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