double bind

double bind

noun

Definition of DOUBLE BIND

a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices <the double bind faced by every politician: responding to scurrilous charges only gives them unwarranted publicity; not responding to such charges is often interpreted as an admission of guilt>

Synonyms catch-22, double bind, quandary

Related Words deadlock, impasse, quagmire, stalemate, standoff; knot, problem; bind, difficulty, fix, hole, jam, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, spot

Near Antonyms breeze, cinch, duck soup, snap