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double bind
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double bind
n.
1. A psychological impasse created when contradictory demands are made of an individual, such as a child or an employee, so that no matter which directive is followed, the response will be construed as incorrect.
2. A situation in which a person must choose between equally unsatisfactory alternatives; a punishing and inescapable dilemma.
double bind
n
a situation of conflict from which there is no escape; unresolvable dilemma
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Noun1.double bind - (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful
dilemma, quandary - state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life


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This metaphor can convince us as scholars, generalists and ethnic specialists alike, not to neglect the Spanish-language elements of a Chicano literature that still speaks to us even through such seemingly impossible double binds.
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She links the double binds associated with maternal power to those inherent in the gift-giving rituals of Jacobean court patronage, illuminating that recalcitrant text, Timon of Athens.
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These strategies include circular reasoning, double binds, generalizations, and name-calling, among a host of other rhetorical tricks.
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