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DILEMMA definition: 1. a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could…. Learn more.
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.
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. a situation necessitating a choice between two equal, esp equally undesirable, alternatives. a problem that seems incapable of a solution.
A dilemma is a difficult situation in which you have to choose between two or more alternatives.
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 situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavorable or unsatisfactory.
DILEMMA definition: a difficult choice you have to make between two things you could do: . Learn more.
dilemma. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English di‧lem‧ma /dəˈlemə, daɪ-/ noun [ countable] a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do, because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad a moral dilemma in a dilemma I’m in a dilemma about this job offer.
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.
