dilemma
21dilemma — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute (esp. BrE), appalling (esp. BrE), big, difficult, genuine (esp. BrE), great, impossible (esp. BrE), real, serious …
22Dilemma — Ein Dilemma (griechisch δί λημμα ‚zweigliedrige Annahme‘, Plural Dilemmas oder Dilemmata), auch Zwickmühle, bezeichnet eine Situation, die zwei Wahlmöglichkeiten bietet, welche beide zu einem unerwünschten Resultat führen. Es wird durch… …
23Dilemma — verzwickte Situation; Bredouille (umgangssprachlich); Verlegenheit; Zwickmühle; Zwangslage; ausweglose Situation; zwischen Szylla und Charybdis; Klemme; Schwulität ( …
24dilemma — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek dilēmmat , dilēmma, probably back formation from Greek dilēmmatos involving two assumptions, from di + lēmmat , lēmma assumption more at lemma Date: 1523 1. an argument presenting two or more equally… …
25dilemma — di·lèm·ma s.m. 1a. TS filos. argomentazione logica in cui si pongono due alternative che conducono allo stesso risultato Sinonimi: argomento cornuto, dilemma cornuto. 1b. TS filos. sistema di due proposizioni contraddistinte tra cui occorre… …
26dilemma — The simplest form of a dilemma is an argument of the form: ‘If p then q, if not p then q, so in any event q .’ More complex forms were traditionally distinguished. A constructive dilemma is of the form: ‘If p then r, if q then r, but either p or… …
27dilemma — n. 1) to resolve a dilemma 2) in a dilemma 3) (misc.) on the horns of a dilemma * * * [d(a)ɪ lemə] (misc.) on the horns of a dilemma in a dilemma to resolve a dilemma …
28dilemma — di|lem|ma [dıˈlemə, daı ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Greek; Origin: double statement , from lemma statement ] 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 …
29dilemma — noun a discussion with a colleague resolved her dilemma Syn: quandary, predicament, Catch 22, vicious circle, plight, mess, muddle; difficulty, problem, trouble, perplexity, confusion, conflict; informal no win situation, fix, tight spot, tight… …
30dilemma */*/ — UK [dɪˈlemə] / US / US [daɪˈlemə] noun [countable] Word forms dilemma : singular dilemma plural dilemmas a situation in which you have to make a difficult decision moral/ethical/political dilemmas in a dilemma (over something): I m in a dilemma… …
