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HAWB-suhnz CHOIS
noun
a choice that appears to be made freely, but in reality is dictated by the fact that there is only one option
1883An Unsocial SocialistIf it does not strike you in that light, you can get a factory and raw cotton for yourselves; you shall not use mine.' In other words, they might go to the devil and starve—Hobson's choice!—for all the other factories were owned by men who offered no better terms.1947Destination MoonBarnes shrugged. 'Hobson’s choice—it has to be Ward.' He named the chief electronics engineer of the project.2003The Belgian CurtainFeudalism...was a Hobson's choice and an explicit trade-off. Local lords defended their vassals against nomad intrusions in return for perpetual service bordering on slavery.Labels: George Bernard Shaw, Robert A. Heinlein, Sam Vaknin
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