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zugzwang (countable and uncountable, plural zugzwangs or zugzwänge)
(chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move.
in figurative uses
Zugzwang typically refers to a situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move though he or she would prefer not to make a move.
Source: Wiktionary
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States