/ dɪˈlemə; NAmE ; daɪ-/ noun
a situation which makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance
SYN predicament :
to face a dilemma
to be in a dilemma
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IDIOMS
see horn
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent. (denoting a form of argument involving a choice between equally unfavourable alternatives): via Latin from Greek dilēmma , from di- twice + lēmma premise.