英语词汇“polylemma”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

polylemma n.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈlɛmə/

U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈlɛmə/

[compare Hellenistic Greek πολυλήμματος having many premises] †(Logic) a complex syllogism which involves more than two alternatives (obsolete); (also more generally) a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between more than two unfavourable alternatives (cf. dilemma n.).

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pike1548

crocodilite1624

trilemma1672

crocodile1728

constructive dilemma1826

polylemmaa1856

tetralemmaa1856

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Logic (1860) I. xviii. 352 If the disjunction has only two members, the syllogism is then called a dilemma..; if more than four it is..usually called polylemma (multicornis).

1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 May 46/1 Today's ‘medical consumers’ are confronted not by a dilemma but by a polylemma: a vast number of possibilities, each with advantages and assurances, disadvantages and dangers.

单词	polylemma
释义	> as lemmas polylemma polylemma n. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈlɛmə/ , U.S. /ˌpɑliˈlɛmə/ [compare Hellenistic Greek πολυλήμματος having many premises] †(Logic) a complex syllogism which involves more than two alternatives (obsolete); (also more generally) a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between more than two unfavourable alternatives (cf. dilemma n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > types of logical argument > dilemma > types, variants, or elements of pike1548 crocodilite1624 trilemma1672 crocodile1728 constructive dilemma1826 polylemmaa1856 tetralemmaa1856 a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Logic (1860) I. xviii. 352 If the disjunction has only two members, the syllogism is then called a dilemma..; if more than four it is..usually called polylemma (multicornis). 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 May 46/1 Today's ‘medical consumers’ are confronted not by a dilemma but by a polylemma: a vast number of possibilities, each with advantages and assurances, disadvantages and dangers. extracted from poly-comb. form < as lemmas
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