Catch-22

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.

Konzepte

Catch-22 – Der böse Trick

Catch-22

Synonyme

stuck

Etymologie (Englisch)

Coined by American author Joseph Heller in 1961 in his novel Catch-22, in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.