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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Catch-22' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions Catch-22 noun  (idiom) A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. For us it's been a real ; when we have the time to take a vacation, we don't have enough money and when we have enough money, we don't have the time. Etymology: Title of the novel by Joseph Heller (1961), in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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