Definition of Dilemma

Dilemma

An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.

A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.

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Dilemma Quotations

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
E. O. Wilson

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
Sydney J. Harris

I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?.
Jackie Chan

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
Marlene Dietrich

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.
Bob Woodward

The invisible dilemma is that men face the very real problem that they don't feel comfortable bringing these issues up and they tend not to be acknowledged at work.
James Levine

We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
Randall Terry

The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.
Christopher Dawson

You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere because we weren't able to play anything that anyone wanted to hear. So we learned songs that we thought that we could do without puking.
Wayne Kramer

We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created.
Jay Rockefeller

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.
Vernor Vinge

I had found myself a new mission - and once more my recurring dilemma between corporate commercial needs and personal scientific ambitions was solved unexpectedly.
James W. Black

The tormenting dilemma of the Middle East is this: either we have one people too many, or one state too few.
Afif Safieh

We have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war.
George Montagu

Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.
Hendrik Willem Van Loon

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Dilemma Translations

dilemma in Dutch is dilemma
dilemma in French is dilemme
dilemma in Spanish is dilema
dilemma in Swedish is dilemma

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