Definizione monolingua

dilemma

dilemma (plural dilemmas or dilemmata)

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

Definizione dizionario dilemma

	dilemma
	difficult circumstance
	circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives
	A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

Altri significati:

(rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.

(Discuss <sup>(+)</sup> this sense) ( '''disputed''' ) A difficult circumstance or problem.

(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".