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dilemma::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quandary |
| Type of | perplexity |
| Has types | double bind |
Examples of dilemma
dilemma
Other children become ill and other parents are forced to face the same dilemma.
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It looks like Beazer Homes USA is finally putting its default dilemma behind it.
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That's not the only dilemma faced by this new wave of goal-oriented minimalists.
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The customer base may be there, reaching it is the dilemma for Healthier Weight.
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Who knows, maybe losing you will be the impetus he needs to tackle this dilemma.
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Faced with this dilemma, Shire turned to what at the time was an emerging niche.
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This is a classic field experiment using game theory and the prisoner's dilemma.
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The decision of what format to submit in is a new dilemma for everyone involved.
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Perhaps the hardest look at an unpleasant dilemma came in the Timmy documentary.
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- State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- A dilemma (Greek: u03B4u03AFu03BBu03B7u03BCu03BCu03B1 "double proposition") is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. One in this position has been traditionally described as "being on the horns of a dilemma", neither horn being comfortable...
- Dilemma is a genus of marine bivalves of the family Poromyidae. The genus is remarkable for encompassing predators of isopods and ostracods, unusual for sessile molluscs .
- "Dilemma" is a song by the American rapper Nelly, a duet with R&B singer Kelly Rowland. The single was released in 2002 from the album Nellyville. ...
- The Dilemma is an inspirational poem by an unknown author.
- The Dilemma, formerly known as Cheaters and What You Don't Know, is an upcoming comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard, his first comedy since EDtv in 1999 and 2000's Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. ...
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable; this sense) (disputed) A difficult circumstance or problem; A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore ...
- (Dilemmas) You must give up one of several things. Which one can you most afford to lose?
- A difficult choice between equally undesirable alternatives. In a disadvantageous rhetorical position, one is said to be impaled on the horns of a dilemma, but logicians employ Constructive Dilemma as a rule of inference. ...
