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double bind
noun
Psychology.a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
double bind
noun
a situation of conflict from which there is no escape; unresolvable dilemma
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of double bind1
Example Sentences
The straightforward Fed logic of lowering borrowing costs when the economy is struggling and raising them to counter rapid inflation is put in a double bind by the hypothetical, and Powell admitted as much.
Harris, like other Black women, experiences the double bind of having to navigate racism and sexism.
This government determining standards that contradict what children learn at home places them in a double bind.
In Sondheim’s lyrics, the double bind of attachment is often a source of agitation; in Ebb’s it is often a pummeling.
Even more so than writers, actors face a double bind when it comes to labor disputes.
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