Definitions For Trilemma
Noun
TRILEMMA (plural TRILEMMAs) A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three option#noun, options that seem equally undesirable or, put another way, in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time. }} (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition#noun, condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.Coordinate terms
dilemma {{qualifier, two options}} tetralemma {{qualifier, four options}} polylemmaDerived terms
Agrippa's trilemma Lewis's trilemma Münchhausen trilemma trilemmaticRelated terms
lemmaTranslations
Catalan: trilema Chinese: : Mandarin: 三难困境 (sānnánkùnjìng) Czech: trilema, n Dutch: trilemma French: trilemme, m Galician: trilema German: Trilemma, n Indonesian: trilema Italian: trilemma, m Japanese: 三すくみ Korean: 트릴레마 Portuguese: trilema Spanish: trilema Vietnamese: tam nan Czech: trilema, n Galician: trilema, mEtymology
can be completed cheaply and quickly, quickly and well#adjective, well, or well and cheaply, but not all three at once]] The word is modelled on dilemma, with di-, , prefix meaning ‘two, twice, double’ replaced by tri-, , prefix meaning ‘three’.Is Trilemma a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
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Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
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Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15
The word Trilemma is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends