Word Type

Noun

The word "dilemma" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

quandry

Coordinate Terms

polylemma tetralemma trilemma

Derived Terms

Euthyphro dilemma Faustian dilemma Goldman's dilemma Heinz dilemma agency dilemma dilemmalike dilemmanade dilemmatic dilemmaticity dilemmic false dilemma gunfighter's dilemma innovator's dilemma on the horns of a dilemma table-maker's dilemma

Context

logic rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

difficult situation option perplexity

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

double bind

Type Of (IsA)

perplexity situation

Related Terms

Buridan's ass between Scylla and Charybdis between a rock and a hard place between the devil and the deep blue sea catch-22 conundrum damned if one does and damned if one doesn't doomed if you do, doomed if you don't have the wolf by the ear in a dilemma lemma lose-lose no-win situation pentalemma polylemma predicament spanner tetralemma trilemma

Related Terms

alternative between devil and deep blue sea between rock and hard place between scylla and charybdis buridan's ass catch 22 circumstance damned if one does and damned if one doesn't lemma no win situation pentalemma predicament problem syllogism tetralemma trilemma undesirable

Synonym Network

bind

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