pentalemman.
/ˌpɛntəˈlɛmə/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈlɛmə/ Logic. rare.
An argument or situation analogous to a dilemma but involving five alternatives instead of two.
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a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xviii. 352 If it [sc. a syllogism] has three, four, or five members, it is called trilemma (tricornis), tetralemma (quadricornis), pentalemma (quinquecornis).
1937 Internat. Affairs 16 353 If we look at things in their totality..there is rather a trilemma or a pentalemma.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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