different between dilemma vs perplexity
dilemma
English
Etymology
First attested 1523, from Late Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (díl?mma, “ambiguous proposition”), from ??- (di-, “having two of”) + ????? (lêmma, “premise, proposition”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?-l?m?? or d?-l?m??, IPA(key): /da??l?m?/, /d??l?m?/
- Rhymes: -?m?
Noun
dilemma (plural dilemmas or dilemmata)
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dilemma
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, "An Epistle to Mr. Gay"
- A strong dilemma in a desperate case! / To act with infamy, or quit the place.
- A difficult circumstance or problem.
- Synonyms: bind, fix, pickle, problem, quandary
- (logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
- (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
Usage notes
Occasionally misspelled as dilemna, perhaps originally via false analogy with words such as condemn, solemn, and hymn. This spelling has been reportedly taught in many regions of Great Britain and the United States as well as around the world, and can be found in the works of many well-known authors (e.g. Isaac Watts, Defoe & Goldsmith).
Derived terms
Related terms
- lemma
- trilemma
- tetralemma
- pentalemma
Translations
See also
- between a rock and a hard place
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between Scylla and Charybdis
- Buridan's ass
- no-win situation
- catch-22
- damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
- doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
- predicament
Further reading
- dilemma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Silva Rhetoricae
References
Anagrams
- midmeal
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (díl?mma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di?l?.ma?/
- Hyphenation: di?lem?ma
- Rhymes: -?ma?
Noun
dilemma n (plural dilemma's, diminutive dilemmaatje n)
- dilemma (between two alternatives)
Derived terms
- dilemmatisch
Finnish
(index d)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dilem??/, [?dile?m??]
- Rhymes: -ilem??
- Syllabification: di?lem?ma
Noun
dilemma
- dilemma (between two alternatives)
Declension
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (díl?mma).
Noun
dilemma m (plural dilemmi)
- dilemma (between two alternatives)
Related terms
- dilemmatico
Anagrams
- dammeli, dimmela
Turkish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (díl?mma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [di.l?m??]
Noun
dilemma (definite accusative dilemmay?, plural dilemmalar)
- dilemma
- Synonym: ikilem
Declension
dilemma From the web:
- what dilemma means
- what dilemmas in society compromise integrity
- what is a dilemma example
- what is meant by dilemma
- what is dilemma definition
perplexity
English
Etymology
perplex +? -ity, from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitas ‘entanglement’, from perplexus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??pl?ks?ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /p???pl?ks?di/
Noun
perplexity (countable and uncountable, plural perplexities)
- The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
- Something that perplexes.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities, stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Translations
perplexity From the web:
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- what is perplexity in nlp
- what is perplexity in tsne
- what does perplexity mean in the bible
- what does perplexity
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