catch-22n.

Brit.

/ˌkatʃˌtwɛntᵻˈtuː/, U.S.

/ˌkɛtʃˌtwɛn(t)iˈtu/,

/ˌkætʃˌtwɛn(t)iˈtu/

Forms: 1900s– catch-22, 1900s– catch-twenty-two. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch n.², twenty-two at twenty adj. 1b.

Etymology: < catch n.² + twenty-two at twenty adj. 1b. Usually written with the numerical symbol for the second element.Catch 22 is the name of a paradoxical rule postulated in the 1961 novel Catch-22 by U.S. author Joseph Heller (adapted as a film in 1970). The first chapter of Heller's novel was published in 1955 under the title ‘Catch-18’ (in New World Writing 7 204–14), but this was changed before the publication of the novel to avoid confusion with a similarly-named book also published in 1961; compare the interview with Heller in F. Kiley & W. MacDonald ‘Catch-22’ Casebook (1973) 294-95.

A difficult situation or problem which cannot be resolved because the conditions necessary for its resolution are paradoxical or conflicting. Also more generally: a situation in which a favourable or successful outcome is impossible; a no-win situation, a tricky or intractable problem or dilemma.With allusion to Catch-22 in Joseph Heller's novel of the same name, a rule stipulating that when pilots plead unfitness for combat duty on grounds of mental illness, their desire to avoid danger demonstrates sanity and consequent fitness for duty; see quot. 1961.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]

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catch-221963

trip-wire1971

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > cause of despair > situation

catch-221963

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse > fact or condition of being stuck or at impasse > due to mutually dependent circumstances

catch-221963

1961 J. Heller Catch-22 v. 46 There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind... If he flew [more missions]..he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.]

1963 Jahrb. f. Amerikastudien 359 No subject..contains more traps, difficulties, treacheries, mirages, pitfalls, illusions, and Catch 22's than does Comparative Literature.

1975 News (Port Arthur, Texas) 13 Feb. 5/3 There's no easy answer to the college catch 22: you may be underemployed if you go to college and unemployed if you don't.

1983 in C. Macafee Glasgow 78 Tim: Isn't there any sort of treatment that ye can get for this [agoraphobia]? Jim: Yes,..but unfortunately, you have to travel to get to it... Tim: Yeah, that's Catch Twenty-two, isn't it?

1995 S. W. Albert Rosemary Remembered (1996) iii. 52 This was a big Catch-22... My perennial parental dilemma. Damned if I did and damned if I didn't.

2006 C. Duncan Career Programmer i. i. 4 It's a classic catch-22: you can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without a job.

Compounds

General attributive, as catch-22 dilemma, catch-22 problem, catch-22 situation, etc.

ΚΠ

1968 Las Vegas (New Mexico) Optic 26 Mar. 1/4 The meeting was the third held..in an attempt to resolve the road problem... The community's efforts had resulted in a bureaucratic, catch 22 runaround.

1974 Sumter (S. Carolina) Daily Item 22 Apr. 8 a/5 His Public Interest Group now finds itself in a Catch 22 situation. It cannot prove the device works without EPA funds, but EPA won't grant the funds unless they prove the device works.

1987 N.Y. Times 1 Mar. xxii. 7/1 A ‘Catch 22’ dilemma, where one is faced with a choice between the risk of automobile accidents and of environmental damage.

2001 D. Wolfe Tales from Underground (2002) i. i. 25 Before there were living cells with DNA instructions..how would such enzymes have been constructed? It's a mind-boggling catch-22 problem of interdependence.

2016 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 16 For actors it's a bit of a catch 22 situation because you can not get work without an agent and you can not get an agent without work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	catch-22
释义	catch-22n. Brit. /ˌkatʃˌtwɛntᵻˈtuː/, U.S. /ˌkɛtʃˌtwɛn(t)iˈtu/, /ˌkætʃˌtwɛn(t)iˈtu/ Forms: 1900s– catch-22, 1900s– catch-twenty-two. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch n.², twenty-two at twenty adj. 1b. Etymology: < catch n.² + twenty-two at twenty adj. 1b. Usually written with the numerical symbol for the second element.Catch 22 is the name of a paradoxical rule postulated in the 1961 novel Catch-22 by U.S. author Joseph Heller (adapted as a film in 1970). The first chapter of Heller's novel was published in 1955 under the title ‘Catch-18’ (in New World Writing 7 204–14), but this was changed before the publication of the novel to avoid confusion with a similarly-named book also published in 1961; compare the interview with Heller in F. Kiley & W. MacDonald ‘Catch-22’ Casebook (1973) 294-95. A difficult situation or problem which cannot be resolved because the conditions necessary for its resolution are paradoxical or conflicting. Also more generally: a situation in which a favourable or successful outcome is impossible; a no-win situation, a tricky or intractable problem or dilemma.With allusion to Catch-22 in Joseph Heller's novel of the same name, a rule stipulating that when pilots plead unfitness for combat duty on grounds of mental illness, their desire to avoid danger demonstrates sanity and consequent fitness for duty; see quot. 1961. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > cause of despair > situation catch-221963 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse > fact or condition of being stuck or at impasse > due to mutually dependent circumstances catch-221963 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 v. 46 There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind... If he flew [more missions]..he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.] 1963 Jahrb. f. Amerikastudien 359 No subject..contains more traps, difficulties, treacheries, mirages, pitfalls, illusions, and Catch 22's than does Comparative Literature. 1975 News (Port Arthur, Texas) 13 Feb. 5/3 There's no easy answer to the college catch 22: you may be underemployed if you go to college and unemployed if you don't. 1983 in C. Macafee Glasgow 78 Tim: Isn't there any sort of treatment that ye can get for this [agoraphobia]? Jim: Yes,..but unfortunately, you have to travel to get to it... Tim: Yeah, that's Catch Twenty-two, isn't it? 1995 S. W. Albert Rosemary Remembered (1996) iii. 52 This was a big Catch-22... My perennial parental dilemma. Damned if I did and damned if I didn't. 2006 C. Duncan Career Programmer i. i. 4 It's a classic catch-22: you can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without a job. Compounds General attributive, as catch-22 dilemma, catch-22 problem, catch-22 situation, etc. ΚΠ 1968 Las Vegas (New Mexico) Optic 26 Mar. 1/4 The meeting was the third held..in an attempt to resolve the road problem... The community's efforts had resulted in a bureaucratic, catch 22 runaround. 1974 Sumter (S. Carolina) Daily Item 22 Apr. 8 a/5 His Public Interest Group now finds itself in a Catch 22 situation. It cannot prove the device works without EPA funds, but EPA won't grant the funds unless they prove the device works. 1987 N.Y. Times 1 Mar. xxii. 7/1 A ‘Catch 22’ dilemma, where one is faced with a choice between the risk of automobile accidents and of environmental damage. 2001 D. Wolfe Tales from Underground (2002) i. i. 25 Before there were living cells with DNA instructions..how would such enzymes have been constructed? It's a mind-boggling catch-22 problem of interdependence. 2016 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 16 For actors it's a bit of a catch 22 situation because you can not get work without an agent and you can not get an agent without work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1963
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