Synonyms & related words for trilemma

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Words related to trilemma

Explore words related to trilemma — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include polylemma, dilemma, dilemmatic, paradox, quandary, antinomy, paradoxology, paralogism. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does trilemma come from?

The word trilemma breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: tri-, from Greek treis (“three”); and lemma, from Greek lemma (“premise, thing taken”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.