dilemma

Signification (Anglais)

1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
2. Any difficult circumstance or problem.
3. 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 either B or D is true".
4. (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.

Concepts

dilemme

embarras

impasse

pétrin

Synonymes

quandary

predicament

crisis

difficult situation

problem

difficulty

fix

mess

need

obstacle

perplexity

perturbation

puzzle

question

❓

scrape

tradeoff

trade-off

redicament

difficult position

confusion

lose-lose situation

conundrum

crotch

distress

inconvenience

indecision

indecisive

Traductions

Dilemma

dilema

dilemma

ikilem

Klemme

🗜️

Zwangslage

çıkmaz

Patsche

✋

Notlage

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daɪˈlɛmə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

PIE word
*dwóh₁
First attested 1523, from Late Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma, “ambiguous proposition”), from δι- (di-, “having two of”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, proposition”).