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plural dilemmas or dilemmata
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable. quotations examples
A strong dilemma in a desperate case! / To act with infamy, or quit the place.
1731, Jonathan Swift, An Epistle to Mr. Gay
A difficult circumstance or problem. examples
(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". examples
(rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives. examples