trilemma
nounEtymology
The word is modelled on dilemma, with di- (“two, twice, double”) replaced by tri-[Term?] + three.
Definitions
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally…
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable.
- With all these dilemmas and trilemmas crowding the mind, if one did not know better, one might be tempted to doubt whether any such versions were ever made at all.
A situation in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of…
A situation in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time.
An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any…
An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.
The neighborhood
- neighborlemma
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA