DOUBLE BIND

Meaning of DOUBLE BIND in English

[double bind] n (1956): a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no appropriate response to be made; broadly: dilemma

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DOUBLE BIND — noun Date: 1956 a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLE BIND — noun : a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no appropriate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — 1. Psychol. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, esp. by a parent, such that to obey …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — Date: 1956 : a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE BIND — Function: noun Date: 1956 : a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — ■ noun a dilemma.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE BIND — noun [ usually sing. ] a situation in which it is difficult to choose what to do because whatever you …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — ˌdouble ˈbind BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] a situation in which any choice you make will have bad results
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE BIND — ( double binds) If you are in a double bind , you are in a very difficult situation, because whatever …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — (~s) If you are in a ~, you are in a very difficult situation, because whatever decision you make will …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DOUBLE BIND — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A former book dealer, he remains seduced by the double bind of academic arcana and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — Двойное послание
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — Двойное послание
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — психол. путаница понятий; растерянность, вызванная противоречивыми влияниями ( у ребёнка при раздорах между родителями и т. п. )
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DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DOUBLE BIND — психол. путаница понятий; растерянность, вызванная противоречивыми влияниями ( у ребёнка при раздорах между родителями и т. п. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DOUBLE BIND — психол. путаница понятий; растерянность, вызванная противоречивыми влияниями ( у ребёнка при раздорах между родителями и т. п. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous than …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOUBLE BIND — _n. путаница понятий; растерянность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOUBLE BIND — n. путаница понятий; растерянность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOUBLE BIND — n sl The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now I would not …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
DOUBLE BIND — n sl The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now I would …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
DOUBLE BIND — double bind n sl The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DOUBLE BIND — The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now I would not be …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; состояние растерянности, вызванное противоречивыми влияниями с двух сторон (воздействием раздоров родителей на ребенка).
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIND — I. ˈbīnd verb ( bound ˈbau̇nd ; bound ; or archaic bounded ; binding ; binds ˈbīn(d)z) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIND — (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
BIND — (v. t.) To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
BIND — (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to …
Английский словарь Webster
BIND — ( v. t. ) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — — doubleness , n. — doubler , n. /dub"euhl/ , adj., n., v., doubled, doubling , adv. adj. 1. twice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIND — — bindable , adj. /buynd/ , v. , bound, binding , n. v.t. 1. to fasten or secure with a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — I. ˈdə-bəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duble, double, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos ), from duo …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIND — I. ˈbīnd verb ( bound ˈbau̇nd ; bind·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bindan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE — adv twice; doubly. 2. double ·noun double beer; strong beer. 3. double ·noun an old term for a variation, as …
Webster English vocab
BIND — noun that which binds or ties. 2. bind ·noun a ligature or tie for grouping notes. 3. bind ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — [dou.ble] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L duplus (akin to Gk diploos), fr. duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIND — [bind] vb bound ; bind.ing [ME, fr. OE bindan; akin to OHG bintan to bind, Gk peisma cable, Skt badhnati …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — doubl|e BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l ▷ doubl|ed d ▷ doubl|es z ▷ doubl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ doubl|y ‿i ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLE — / ˈdʌbl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIND — / baɪnd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( bound , bound / baʊnd; NAmE /) TIE WITH ROPE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — I. doub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIND — I. bind 1 /baɪnd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle bound /baʊnd/) [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE — ( doubles, doubling, doubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIND — ( binds, binding, bound) 1. If something binds people together , it makes them feel as if they are all …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a double bed (= a bed for two people ) ▪ Would you like …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIND — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a binding agreement (= an official agreement that must be obeyed ) ▪ Lawyers …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — [verb]The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years. [T]Company profits have doubled since …
Cambridge English vocab
DOUBLE — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Janus-like, Machiavellian, Photostat, Xerox, aberrancy, aberration, accelerate, act for, actual thing, agent, aggravate, alternate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — n. double barreled double cross double dealer double dealing double distilled double dog dare double dome double dyed double edged …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: TWOFOLD 1, bifold, binary, double-barreled, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex 2 Synonyms: TWIN , dual, paired …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — adj. 1 twofold, paired, coupled, duplicate(d), doubled The forms banned and banning are spelt with a double n 2 folded …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BIND
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. ≈ 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIND — связывание связанность, связь узы; путы (разговорное) безвыходное положение, тупик - to be in a * попасть в переплет, оказаться загнанными …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE — 1. ʹdʌbl n 1. двойное количество to take the double of what is due - взять вдвое больше, чем положено …
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