Dilemma
noun
A situation when you have to make a difficult choice.
I was in a dilemma whether to accept the job or not.
Often appears as...
- face a dilemma
- in a dilemma
noun
A situation when you have to make a difficult choice.
I was in a dilemma whether to accept the job or not.
Often appears as...
- face a dilemma
- in a dilemma
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Hard Choices
Dilemma implies a tough decision between two equally good or bad options.
Choosing between career and family presented her with a real dilemma.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Using 'dilemma' suggests emotional struggle or stress over the decision.
He felt a deep sense of dilemma about attending the reunion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Trivial
A dilemma is significant; it's not used for everyday, simple choices.
She didn't have a dilemma over what to eat, but rather where to live.
Pro Tip 1/3Hard Choices
Dilemma implies a tough decision between two equally good or bad options.
Choosing between career and family presented her with a real dilemma.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Using 'dilemma' suggests emotional struggle or stress over the decision.
He felt a deep sense of dilemma about attending the reunion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Trivial
A dilemma is significant; it's not used for everyday, simple choices.
She didn't have a dilemma over what to eat, but rather where to live.
Pro Tip 1/3Hard Choices
Dilemma implies a tough decision between two equally good or bad options.
Choosing between career and family presented her with a real dilemma.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Using 'dilemma' suggests emotional struggle or stress over the decision.
He felt a deep sense of dilemma about attending the reunion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Trivial
A dilemma is significant; it's not used for everyday, simple choices.
She didn't have a dilemma over what to eat, but rather where to live.
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Jonathan Foley: The...
Most agricultural emissions come from tropical deforestation, methane from animals and rice fields, and nitrous oxide from over-fertilizing. There is nothing we do that transforms the world more than agriculture. And there's nothing we do that is more crucial to our survival. Here's the dilemma As the world grows by several billion more people,
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Building smart cities PIPE...
old fashions not the insurance and the Big Bang the kind of new world of finance and what I want to describe is something that to me is a kind of solution of the prisoner's dilemma so these people I these beautiful buildings and a whole bunch of them bought places on Riverside Park
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You can only save one—...
This dilemma is an example of a broader class of problems where a life-saving resource— such as a donated organ or vaccine— is scarce. There are many schools of thought on how to approach these problems, and one of the most influential is utilitarianism,
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Would you sacrifice one...
So researchers who study autonomous systems are collaborating with philosophers to address the complex problem of programming ethics into machines, which goes to show that even hypothetical dilemmas can wind up on a collision course with the real world.
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Science of Evil PIPE...
dilemma designed to show increased activity in parts of the brain associated with emotion you're walking along a country road when you're here a plea for help coming from some roadside bushes you encounter a woman who is
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How we need to remake...
And you can't pay one of these companies to make the world suddenly nice and improve democracy nearly as easily as you can pay to ruin those things. And so this is the dilemma we've gotten ourselves into.
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How to outsmart the...
are out strolling when they’re caught by a fox. Seeing how happy they are, he decides that, instead of simply eating them, he’ll put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma.
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The urgency of...
like other socially marginalized people all over the world, were facing all kinds of dilemmas and challenges as a consequence of intersectionality, intersections of race and gender,
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Billy Graham:...
for you are with me." This was David's answer to three dilemmas of evil, suffering and death. It can be yours, as well, as you seek the living God and allow him to fill your life
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The Most Dramatic...
But now she faces a dilemma. As evening draws in, leaving the cubs unprotected in their den could put them in danger.
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Jonathan Foley: The...
Most agricultural emissions come from tropical deforestation, methane from animals and rice fields, and nitrous oxide from over-fertilizing. There is nothing we do that transforms the world more than agriculture. And there's nothing we do that is more crucial to our survival. Here's the dilemma As the world grows by several billion more people,
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Building smart cities PIPE...
old fashions not the insurance and the Big Bang the kind of new world of finance and what I want to describe is something that to me is a kind of solution of the prisoner's dilemma so these people I these beautiful buildings and a whole bunch of them bought places on Riverside Park
Video examples
You can only save one—...
This dilemma is an example of a broader class of problems where a life-saving resource— such as a donated organ or vaccine— is scarce. There are many schools of thought on how to approach these problems, and one of the most influential is utilitarianism,
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
So researchers who study autonomous systems are collaborating with philosophers to address the complex problem of programming ethics into machines, which goes to show that even hypothetical dilemmas can wind up on a collision course with the real world.
Video examples
Science of Evil PIPE...
dilemma designed to show increased activity in parts of the brain associated with emotion you're walking along a country road when you're here a plea for help coming from some roadside bushes you encounter a woman who is
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How we need to remake...
And you can't pay one of these companies to make the world suddenly nice and improve democracy nearly as easily as you can pay to ruin those things. And so this is the dilemma we've gotten ourselves into.
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How to outsmart the...
are out strolling when they’re caught by a fox. Seeing how happy they are, he decides that, instead of simply eating them, he’ll put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma.
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The urgency of...
like other socially marginalized people all over the world, were facing all kinds of dilemmas and challenges as a consequence of intersectionality, intersections of race and gender,
Video examples
Billy Graham:...
for you are with me." This was David's answer to three dilemmas of evil, suffering and death. It can be yours, as well, as you seek the living God and allow him to fill your life
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The Most Dramatic...
But now she faces a dilemma. As evening draws in, leaving the cubs unprotected in their den could put them in danger.
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Louis C. K.
American Comedian
There's a woman I see who's not my therapist, but she's like an old friend who's a therapist in profession. She lets me talk to her like a therapist once in a while, and she does a great thing. Whenever I have a big dilemma, like this is a big problem in my life, she always says, 'Wow, you're going to have to figure that out.
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Sharon Van Etten
American Musician
The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that.
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Asghar Farhadi
Iranian Director
We have the wrong impression of life. We think the very big incidents of our lives are consequences of huge dilemmas or major decisions. If we paid attention, we'd realize that the determining incidents in our lives are ordinary things.
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Q'orianka Kilcher
German Actress
Here in L.A., you kind of get stuck in your own little dilemmas and your own little life, and hearing a story like Pocahontas' reminds you there's a bigger world out there, and there are so many more important things in life.
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
Polish Director
To tell you the truth, in my work, love is always in opposition to the elements. It creates dilemmas. It brings in suffering. We can't live with it, and we can't live without it. You'll rarely find a happy ending in my work.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.
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Josephine Langford
Australian Actress
It's a bit of a dilemma, being an actor. I know that. But otherwise, I'm a relatively private person. I feel like when you get into this industry, it's so important to have your boundaries.
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Alison Gopnik
American Psychologist
Like most parents, I think, my children have been the source of some of my most intense joys and despairs, my deepest moral dilemmas and greatest moral achievements.
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Susan Minot
American Novelist
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf.
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Jhumpa Lahiri
American Author
The essential dilemma of my life is between my deep desire to belong and my suspicion of belonging.
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Louis C. K.
American Comedian
There's a woman I see who's not my therapist, but she's like an old friend who's a therapist in profession. She lets me talk to her like a therapist once in a while, and she does a great thing. Whenever I have a big dilemma, like this is a big problem in my life, she always says, 'Wow, you're going to have to figure that out.
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Sharon Van Etten
American Musician
The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that.
Quote examples
Asghar Farhadi
Iranian Director
We have the wrong impression of life. We think the very big incidents of our lives are consequences of huge dilemmas or major decisions. If we paid attention, we'd realize that the determining incidents in our lives are ordinary things.
Quote examples
Q'orianka Kilcher
German Actress
Here in L.A., you kind of get stuck in your own little dilemmas and your own little life, and hearing a story like Pocahontas' reminds you there's a bigger world out there, and there are so many more important things in life.
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
Polish Director
To tell you the truth, in my work, love is always in opposition to the elements. It creates dilemmas. It brings in suffering. We can't live with it, and we can't live without it. You'll rarely find a happy ending in my work.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.
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Josephine Langford
Australian Actress
It's a bit of a dilemma, being an actor. I know that. But otherwise, I'm a relatively private person. I feel like when you get into this industry, it's so important to have your boundaries.
Quote examples
Alison Gopnik
American Psychologist
Like most parents, I think, my children have been the source of some of my most intense joys and despairs, my deepest moral dilemmas and greatest moral achievements.
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Susan Minot
American Novelist
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf.
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Jhumpa Lahiri
American Author
The essential dilemma of my life is between my deep desire to belong and my suspicion of belonging.
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