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Definition of Trilemma
1. n. A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.
Definition of Trilemma
1. Noun. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable. ¹
2. Noun. (logic) A syllogism containing three alternatives that each infer the same conclusion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trilemma
1. a form of argument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trilemma
Literary usage of Trilemma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1878)
"THE THEOLOGICAL trilemma.*—The author announces that this work, except the
Introduction, was ready for the press seven years ago, ..."
2. An Appeal to Pharaoh: The Negro Problem, and Its Radical Solution by Carlyle McKinley, Gustavus M. Pinckney (1907)
"A trilemma. THERE is no basis for the expectation that the antipathy between the
white man and the Negro will ever be appreciably moderated. ..."
3. Logic, Deductive and Inductive by John Grier Hibben (1905)
"trilemma. — There is a still more complex form of the combined hypothetical and
disjunctive propositions which is known as the trilemma. ..."
4. Slavery as Recognized in the Mosaic Civil Law, Recognized Also, and Allowed by Stuart Robinson (1865)
"The trilemma. Neither of its horns consistent with Scriptural ethics nor with facts.
The slavery tolerated in the New Testament demonstrated to be the same ..."
5. Hand-book of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate by George Ripley, Bayard Taylor (1852)
"... may be composed of three or more members, and may he called trilemma. It is
also called syllogism us cornudas, a horned syllogism ; its horns being so ..."
6. Colloquia Peripatetica: Deep-sea Soundings : Being Notes of Conversations by William Angus Knight (1879)
"... by con- ^^ scious fraud, or he was himself deluded and self-deceived, or he
was Divine. There is no getting out of this trilemma. It is inexorable. ..."
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