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n. A situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavorable or mutually exclusive.

n. Usage Problem A problem that seems to defy a satisfactory solution.

n. Logic An argument that presents two alternatives, each of which has the same consequence.

n. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

n. this sense) (disputed) A difficult circumstance or problem.

n. 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".

n. Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.

n. An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. A difficult or doubtful choice; a state of things in which the alternatives appear to be equally bad or undesirable.

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

"An editor once defined the word "dilemma" for me as "a choice between two undesirable outcomes.""

perplexity   

double bind   

predicament    fix    pickle    problem    bind    quandary   

Emma    Gemma    emma    gemma    lemma    lemme   

predicament    plight    disadvantage    blunder    contradiction    riddle    complication    implication    uncertainty    disagreement