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Noun: dilemma  di'le-mu or dI'le-mu
  1. State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavourable options
    "the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma";
    - quandary

Derived forms: dilemmas

Type of: perplexity

Encyclopedia: Dilemma

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