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
- 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.
By Oddity Software
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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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