Search Result for "double bind":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

double bind
    n 1: (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a
         person receives contradictory messages from a person who is
         very powerful