"chicken-or-egg question" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chicken-or-egg questions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=chicken-or-egg question}} chicken-or-egg question (plural chicken-or-egg questions)
  1. (logic, philosophy) A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first. Categories (topical): Logic, Philosophy
    Sense id: en-chicken-or-egg_question-en-noun-KAly3v7H Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  2. (by extension) A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first. Tags: broadly Synonyms: chicken or egg question, chicken-and-egg question, chicken and egg question, chicken-and-egg problem, hen and egg question, hen-and-egg question, hen or egg question, hen-or-egg question, hen-and-egg problem Translations (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first): مُعْضِلَة الدَجَاجَةِ وَالبَيْضَةِ (muʕḍilat ad-dajājati wa-l-bayḍati) (Arabic), paradossu di l'ovu è di a ghjaddina [masculine] (Corsican), paradossu di l'ovu è di a ghjallina [masculine] (Corsican), kip-en-eiprobleem [neuter] (Dutch), paradoxe de l’œuf et de la poule [masculine] (French), Henne-Ei-Problem [neuter] (German), paradosso dell'uovo e della gallina [masculine] (Italian), 鶏が先か、卵が先か (tamago ga saki ka) (alt: にわとりがさきか、たまごがさきか; niwatori ga saki ka) (Japanese), 닭이 먼저냐? 일이 먼저냐? (dalgi meonjeonya? iri meonjeonya?) (Korean), paradoxo do ovo e da galinha [masculine] (Portuguese), пробле́ма ку́рицы и яйца́ (probléma kúricy i jajcá) [feminine] (Russian), диле́мма ку́рицы и яйца́ (dilémma kúricy i jajcá) [feminine] (Russian), paradossu uovu o jaddina [masculine] (Sicilian), paradoja del huevo y la gallina [feminine] (Spanish)
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