Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goldman's dilemma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: gold-man's dilem-ma
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The question of whether an athlete would choose to take a drug that would guarantee overwhelming success in sport, but cause them to die after five years.

Etymology

The question was posed to elite athletes by physician Robert M. Goldman.

Questions

What does goldman's dilemma mean?: The question of whether an athlete would choose to take a drug that would guarantee overwhelming success in sport, but cause them to die after five years.
Where does goldman's dilemma come from?: The question was posed to elite athletes by physician Robert M. Goldman.

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