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catch-22 Definition


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catch-22
noun
    1. A situation in which one is permanently frustrated and from which one cannot escape, since all possible courses of action either have undesirable consequences or lead inevitably to further frustration of one's aims.
Etymology: 20c: named after the novel by Joseph Heller (born 1923).



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