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dilemma

di·lem·ma [ di lémmə ] (plural di·lem·mas)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. situation with unsatisfactory choices: a situation in which somebody must choose one of two or more unsatisfactory alternatives

2. argument leading to undesirable choice: in logic, a form of reasoning that, though valid, leads to two undesirable alternatives

[Early 16th century. Via Latin< Greek dilēmma "double proposition" < lēmma "proposition"]
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