DILEMMA
\da͡ɪlˈɛmə], \daɪlˈɛmə], \d_aɪ_l_ˈɛ_m_ə]\
Definitions of DILEMMA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.
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An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A necessary choice between equally undesirable alternatives; a perplexive predicament.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A situation in which from the obstacles that present themselves it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; an argument which consists of two alternatives in which an adversary is caught, and the acceptance of either of which tells against him. The horns of a dilemma, its alternatives, on one or other of which an adversary is caught.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Any difficult or doubtful choice; a state of perplexity how to decide; in logic, an argument equally conclusive by contrary suppositions.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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