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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Double bind" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe a situation in which a person is faced with two conflicting demands or choices, making it difficult to find a satisfactory resolution. Example: "She felt trapped in a double bind, having to choose between her career advancement and her family's expectations."
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Double bind
noun
A dilemma in which someone receives contradictory instructions and cannot act on either.
Exact(56)
Double bind again.
Double Bind itself changed even as he planned it.
We face a double bind.
That puts Turkey in a double bind.
The retrospective almost unpicks Double Bind".
Mr Rutte is in a double bind.
She called it a double bind.
Similar(4)
"We're in real double-bind," she said.
This is something of a double-bind.
Ngoasheng, for one, feels caught in a double-bind.
Infertile couples are left in a difficult double-bind.
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