Look up: Predicament

1. predicament
   [n] - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
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2. Predicament
   Pre·dic'a·ment noun [ Confer French prédicament , Latin praedicamentum . See Predicate .] 1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or t...
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3. predicament
   quandary noun a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; `finds himself in a most awkward predicament`; `the woeful plight of homeless people`
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4. Predicament
   • (n.) A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. • (n.) See Category.
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5. predicament
   predicament 1. State of being; condition, situation, position; especially, an unpleasant, trying, or dangerous situation. 2. Implies a complicated, perplexing situation from which it is difficult to disentangle oneself.
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6. Predicament
   (Ger. from Lat. praedicamentum, a category) The Kantian name for the innate a priori forms of the understanding, since each category is a way of predicating something of a subject, and since there are twelve types of judgment, Kant enumerated twelve praedicaments: totality, plurality, unity, reality...
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