Category:Trilemma

Tri*lem"ma, n. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr. Tri-) + any thing received, in Logic, an assumption. Cf. Dilemma.]

1. (logic)

Defn: a syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major Premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.

2. A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one Of three courses to pursue.