double bind
double bind · double binds
A dilemma in which someone receives contradictory instructions and cannot act on eitherA dilemma in which someone receives contradictory instructions and cannot act on either.
Значение
значений: 1A dilemma in which someone receives contradictory instructions and cannot act on either.
(psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful
Происхождение
Coined by English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson.Coined by English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson.
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