trilemma

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noun

Plural noun:

trilemmastrilemmata

1.
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable.
2.
A situation in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time.
3.
(logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.

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Agrippa's trilemmaLewis's trilemmaMünchhausen trilemmatrilemmaticlemma dilemma tetralemma polylemmadilemma two optionstetralemma four options

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thumb|The project management triangle is a trilemma (sense 2): it claims that a project#Noun|project can be completed [[cheaply and quickly, quickly and well, or well and cheaply, but not all three at once]]