Definition for double bind - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	double bind (double bind) noun a situation in which a person is confronted with two irreconcilable demands or a choice between two undesirable courses of action: students are caught in a double bind between unemployment and cuts in education		More words in this category alienation amnesia analyst anorexic bipolar Broadmoor catatonia confabulate dipsomania dissociate dysgraphia eccentric mania nervous breakdown psychoanalyst psychotherapy psychotic supportive therapy warehouse word association Nearby Words double double acrostic double act double agent double axe double bar double bass double bassoon double bill double bind double bluff double bogey double boiler double bond double bridle double chin double coconut double concerto double cream