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What is the noun for dilemmata?

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dilemma
  1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
  2. A difficult circumstance or problem.
  3. (logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
  4. (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Kelly has a dilemma. No matter what she does, all she thinks about is Nelly, even when she's with her boo.”
      “Families whose daughters entered convents often found themselves on the horns of a dilemma.”
      “The response among younger women to this dilemma, at least in the feverish imagination of the media, has been an abjuration of femininity.”
dilemmaticity
  1. (rare) The state or quality of being dilemmatic; problematicalness.
  2. (rare) A dilemma.
dilemmas
  1. plural of dilemma
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Still, his aficionado's enthusiasm for Wagner's operas numbs him to the sensitivities and dilemmas of others.”
      “How do Buddhist ethical teachings like ahimsa affect its approach to contemporary moral dilemmas such as abortion?”
      “Mimi proposes a spirited quick-wittedness as an inventive, ethical response to the dilemmas posed by black and white encounters within modernity.”
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