DILEMMA - significado y definición. Qué es DILEMMA
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Qué (quién) es DILEMMA - definición

PROBLEM OFFERING TWO POSSIBILITIES, NEITHER OF WHICH IS UNAMBIGUOUSLY ACCEPTABLE OR PREFERABLE
Dilemmas; Damned if you do, damned if you don't; Dilema; Horned dilemma; Dilemna; Delimma; Dillema; Delemma; Stuck between a rock and a hard place; Double proposition
  • Cartoon showing [[William Ewart Gladstone]] in a dilemma - if he climbs to escape the guard dog he will face the man's wrath, but if he drops to avoid the man, the dog will attack him
  • [[Contingency table]] of sounding (or not sounding) an alarm for a possible earthquake

dilemma         
(dilemmas)
A dilemma is a difficult situation in which you have to choose between two or more alternatives.
He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to return to his country...
on the horns of a dilemma: see horn
N-COUNT
dilemma         
[d?'l?m?, d??-]
¦ noun
1. a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives.
informal a difficult situation or problem.
2. Logic an argument forcing an opponent to choose either of two unfavourable alternatives.
Origin
C16: via L. from Gk dilemma, from di- 'twice' + lemma 'premise'.
dilemma         
n.
Quandary, strait, difficult choice, puzzling alternative, awkward or bad predicament.

Wikipedia

Dilemma

A dilemma (Greek: δίλημμα "double proposition") is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. The possibilities are termed the horns of the dilemma, a clichéd usage, but distinguishing the dilemma from other kinds of predicament as a matter of usage.

Ejemplos de uso de DILEMMA
1. DONOR DILEMMA Musevenis win leaves Western donors in a dilemma.
2. Western dilemma This produces an embarrassing dilemma for Western governments.
3. Journalists across Colombia share Quintero‘s dilemma.
4. Moderate Orange Revolution supporters appreciate his dilemma.
5. Advertisement The disengagement posed a tough dilemma.