Dilemma and Selection

Dilemma

Dilemma noun - A situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices.

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Selection and dilemma are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selection" instead a noun "Dilemma".

Selection noun - The act or process of selecting.

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Dilemma and selection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dilemma" instead a noun "Selection".

particular	particular dilemma	particular selection
usual	usual dilemma	usual selection
current	current dilemma	current selection
standard	standard dilemma	standard selection
Other adjectives: initial, simple, entire, enormous, huge, main, new, bizarre, different.

Prisoner's Dilemma: Selection pressure from being spread among countless alternate Earths and interacting with sapient but very alien nonhumans creates a hyperintelligent Human Subspecies, and the government orders their largest concentration nuked.

Source: Literature / The Long Earth

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