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How to pronounce “dilemma

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Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of dilemma with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Kick the Bad Work Habits that Masquerade as VirtuesInnovator's Dilemma" and talked about the innovator's
Definition summary
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

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How to pronounce dilemma

Kick the Bad Work Habits that Masquerade as Virtues

Innovator's Dilemma" and talked about the innovator's

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “dilemma

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
  • Any difficult circumstance or problem.
  • (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.

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