Associations to the word «Trilemma»

Wiktionary

TRILEMMA, noun. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable.
TRILEMMA, noun. (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.