predicament

  • 41predicament — [ˈpriˈdɪkɑmənt] noun [C] a difficult or unpleasant situation that is not easy to get out of …

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  • 42predicament — /prəˈdɪkəmənt / (say pruh dikuhmuhnt) noun 1. an unpleasant, trying, or dangerous situation. 2. a particular state, condition, or situation. 3. one of the classes or categories of logical predications. {Middle English, from Late Latin… …

  • 43predicament — n. 1 a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation. 2 Philos. a category in (esp. Aristotelian) logic. Etymology: ME (in sense 2) f. LL praedicamentum thing predicated: see PREDICATE …

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  • 44Edgar Allan Poe's Predicament (radio) — “Edgar Allan Poe’s Predicament” is a radio program from the American radio anthology series Radio Tales. The anthology series adapted classic works of American and world literature for the radio. The series was a recipient of numerous awards,… …

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  • 45Mabel's Strange Predicament — Infobox Film name = Mabel s Strange Predicament imagesize= 250px caption = still director = Henry Lehrman producer = Mack Sennett writer = Henry Lehrman starring = Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Chester Conklin Alice Davenport Harry McCoy Hank… …

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  • 46Mabel's Strange Predicament — Mabel Normand Título Aventuras extraordinarias de Mabel Ficha técnica …

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  • 47A Predicament (short story) — A Predicament is a humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, usually combined with its companion piece How to Write a Blackwood Article. It was originally titled The Scythe of Time. Plot summaryThe bizarre story follows a female narrator, Signora… …

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  • 48be in a predicament — (from Idioms in Speech) to be in a dangerous, awkward or unpleasant situation I felt a sharp anger against him for the predicament in which he had placed me. (A. Cronin) ... he had not realized, what circumstances were soon to teach him, that his …

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  • 49Egocentric predicament — Egocentric predicament, a term coined by Ralph Barton Perry, is the problem of not being able to view reality outside of our own perceptions. All worldly knowledge takes the form of mental representations that our mind examines in different ways …

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  • 50egocentric predicament — The problem originally described in an article of the same name (Journal of Philosophy, 1910) by the American philosopher R. B. Perry (1876–1957). The 115 predicament is the fact that we are each limited or confined to our own perceptual world.… …

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