Associations to the word «Dilemma»
Noun
- Nelly
- Resolve
- Rowland
- Ethics
- Gunnar
- Prisoner
- Rationality
- Paradox
- Innovator
- Ethic
- Fallacy
- Predicament
- Tat
- Horn
- Modernity
- Moral
- Contradiction
- Pose
- Tit
- Solution
- Morality
- Legal
- Arjuna
- Equilibrium
- Cooperation
- Perplexity
- Globalization
- Democracy
- Facing
- Conte
- Impossibility
- Malay
- Choice
- Hedgehog
- Realism
- Burglar
- Ambiguity
- Respondent
- Liberalism
- Conflict
- Alternative
- Heinz
- Fairness
- Uncertainty
- Theorist
- Nash
- Protagonist
- Genetic
- Bargaining
- Socrates
- Arising
- Puritan
- Personal
- Defect
- Nationalist
- Shaw
- Abortion
- Social
- Moderate
- Credibility
Adjective
Wiktionary
DILEMMA, noun. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
DILEMMA, noun. A difficult circumstance or problem.
DILEMMA, noun. (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".
DILEMMA, noun. (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
Dictionary definition
DILEMMA, noun. State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
Wise words
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