dilemma

problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable
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dilemma

Summary

dilemma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dilemma's followed by is recorded as trilemma[2].
  • dilemma's GND ID is recorded as 4201195-4[3].
  • dilemma's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85038010[4].
  • dilemma's subclass of is recorded as rhetorical device[5].
  • dilemma's subclass of is recorded as problem[6].
  • dilemma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05h29q[7].
  • dilemma's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dilemmas[8].
  • dilemma's facet of is recorded as decision theory[9].
  • dilemma's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • dilemma's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[11].
  • dilemma's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • dilemma's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • dilemma's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/dilemma-logic[14].
  • dilemma's BBC Things ID is recorded as 496f89fd-3e30-4a87-8d30-c9f68890a223[15].
  • dilemma's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00027131n[16].
  • dilemma's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as dilemme[17].
  • dilemma's NE.se ID is recorded as dilemma[18].
  • dilemma's Quora topic ID is recorded as Dilemmas[19].
  • dilemma's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as dilemma[20].
  • dilemma's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778496695[21].
  • dilemma's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007555404705171[22].
  • dilemma's KBpedia ID is recorded as Dilemma[23].
  • dilemma's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2778496695[24].
  • dilemma's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 120442[25].
  • dilemma's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as ジレンマ[26].

Why It Matters

dilemma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).[1] dilemma has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] dilemma is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Q24404136. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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