dilemma

  1. Noun.  A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
  2. Noun.  (rft-sense) (''disputed'') A difficult circumstance or problem.
  3. Noun.  (logic) 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. Noun.  (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.

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