Catch 22

Catch 22

A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation in which an individual cannot or is incapable of avoiding a problem because of contradictory constraints or rules. 

Often these situations are such that solving one part of a problem only creates another problem, which ultimately leads back to the original problem.

Catch-22s often result from rules, regulations, or procedures that an individual is subject to but has no control over.

1.   A situation in which a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain because of a set of inherently illogical rules or conditions.

2.   The rules or conditions that create such a situation.

3.    A situation or predicament characterized by absurdity or senselessness.

4.    A contradictory or self-defeating course of action.

5.   A tricky or disadvantageous condition; a catch.

6.   A situation in which a person is frustrated by a paradoxical rule or set of circumstances that preclude any attempt to escape from them.

7.   A situation in which any move that a person can make will lead to trouble.

8.   A frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions.

9.   Any illogical or paradoxical problem or situation; dilemma.

10.               A condition, regulation, etc., preventing the resolution of a problem or situation; catch.