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- DictionaryDi·lem·ma/dəˈlemə/
noun
- 1. a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones: "the people often face the dilemma of feeding themselves or their cattle"
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.
DILEMMA definition: 1. a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could…. Learn more.
noun. a situation necessitating a choice between two equal, esp equally undesirable, alternatives. a problem that seems incapable of a solution.
A dilemma is a tough choice. 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.
di·lem·ma. (dĭ-lĕm′ə) n. 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.
in a situation in which you have to make a choice between things that are equally unpleasant. The medical profession’s eagerness for scientific advance had impaled it on the horns of a dilemma, forcing an unnatural choice between science and morality. The dire economic situation had placed the prime minister on the horns of a dilemma.
A dilemma is a difficult situation in which you have to choose between two or more alternatives. He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to return to his country. The issue raises a moral dilemma.
