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plural predicaments
A definite class, state or condition. examples
An unfortunate or trying position or condition. quotations examples
Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.
1978, Daniel Bell, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, page xv (20th edition)
The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.
2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport
(logic) That which is predicated; a category. examples