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double bind

noun

  1. 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.

  2. dilemma.



double bind

noun

  1. a situation of conflict from which there is no escape; unresolvable dilemma

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of double bind1

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60
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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.

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Harris, like other Black women, experiences the double bind of having to navigate racism and sexism.

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This government determining standards that contradict what children learn at home places them in a double bind.

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In Sondheim’s lyrics, the double bind of attachment is often a source of agitation; in Ebb’s it is often a pummeling.

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Even more so than writers, actors face a double bind when it comes to labor disputes.

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