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dilemmata

dilemmata is the plural of dilemma.

Meaning of dilemma

Noun

dilemma (plural dilemmas or dilemmata)

  1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
    • A strong dilemma in a desperate case! / To act with infamy, or quit the place.1731, Jonathan Swift, An Epistle to Mr. Gay
  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.

Questions about dilemmata

What is dilemmata the plural of?
Dilemmata is the plural of dilemma.

Words near dilemmata in the dictionary

  1. DiLellos
  2. dilemma
  3. dilemmalike
  4. dilemmanade
  5. dilemmas
  6. dilemmata
  7. dilemmatic
  8. dilemmatical
  9. dilemmatically
  10. dilemmaticity
  11. dilemmic

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