double bind
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editdouble bind (plural double binds)
- A dilemma in which someone receives contradictory instructions and cannot act on either.
Further reading
edit- “double bind”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “double bind”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “double bind”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “double bind”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “double bind” (US) / “double bind” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.