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1. a. : a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice. faces this dilemma: raise interest rates and slow the economy or lower them and risk serious inflation. b. : a situation involving such a choice. here am I brought to a very pretty dilemma; I must commit murder or commit matrimony George Farquhar. broadly : predicament.
a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do: The president is clearly in a dilemma about/over how to tackle the crisis. She faces the dilemma of disobey ing her father or los ing the man she loves. a moral / ethical dilemma. Synonym. quandary. Fewer examples.
noun. a situation necessitating a choice between two equal, esp equally undesirable, alternatives. a problem that seems incapable of a solution.
A person who is afflicted with doubt and uncertainty over what to do might not be faced with the classical dilemma (a choice between two equally unsuitable or unattainable options), but just any difficult situation.
When you're in a difficult situation and each option looks equally bad, you're in a dilemma. Dilemma is from a Greek for "double proposition." It was originally a technical term of logic, but we use it now for any time you have a problem with no satisfactory solution.
noun. /dɪˈlemə/, /daɪˈlemə/ Idioms. a situation that makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance synonym predicament. I could see no way of resolving this moral dilemma. The digital era brings new ethical dilemmas for journalists. in a dilemma They were caught in a real dilemma.
DILEMMA definition: a difficult choice you have to make between two things you could do: . Learn more.
5 days ago · dilemma in American English. (dɪˈlɛmə ; also daɪˈlɛmə ) noun. 1. an argument necessitating a choice between equally unfavorable or disagreeable alternatives. 2. any situation in which one must choose between unpleasant alternatives. 3. any serious problem.
1. A situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavorable or unsatisfactory. 2. Usage Problem A problem that seems to defy a satisfactory solution. 3. Logic An argument that presents two alternatives, each of which has the same consequence.
Dilemma definition: A situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavorable or unsatisfactory.
