dilemma

Etymology
First attested 1523, from, from , from +.

Noun

 * 1) A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
 * 2) A 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)  Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
 * 1)  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".
 * 2)  Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
 * 1)  Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.

Usage notes
Occasionally misspelled as dilemna, perhaps originally via false analogy with words such as, , and. This spelling has been reportedly taught in many regions of Great Britain and the United States as well as around the world, and can be found in the works of many well-known authors (e.g. Isaac Watts, Defoe & Goldsmith).

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: дыле́ма
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: dilema
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 進退兩難的境地,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: dilemo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δίλημμα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: valkreppa, valtvenna, valþröng, ógöngur (sbr. ógöngurök, ógöngurökfærsla)
 * Ido:
 * Irish: aincheist
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 딜레마
 * Latin: dilemma
 * Macedonian: дилема
 * Malayalam: ധര്‍മ്മസങ്കടം
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: aincheist
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дилема
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: dilema
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: диле́ма
 * Volapük:


 * Catalan: dilema
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto: dilemo
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Kjlam
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 二難推理
 * Esperanto: dilemo
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Hebrew:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: awampili

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1) dilemma

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) dilemma

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) conclusion from two premises
 * 2) dilemma

Noun

 * 1) a  (difficult choice between unfavorable options)

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) dilemma