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The paradox is presented as the trap that confined members of the US Air Force. The 'catch' was this: It was effectively impossible to be exempted from highly dangerous bombing missions on the grounds of insanity. [phrases.org.uk]

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[…] agent, no agent unless you've worked—Mary Murphy also : the circumstance or rule that denies a solution 2 a : an illogical, unreasonable, or senseless situation b : a measure or policy whose effect is the opposite of what was intended c : a situation presenting [merriam-webster.com]

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• Fear

  Catch-22 was originally entitled Catch-18, but the title was altered just before publication; another novel, Mila 18 by Leon Uris, had been recently released, and publisher feared readers would be confused. [litcharts.com]

  Themes[edit] Paradox[edit] Yossarian comes to fear his commanding officers more than he fears the Germans attempting to shoot him down and he feels that "they" are "out to get him". [en.wikipedia.org]

• Delusion

  But of course the fact is that no number is funnier than any other number, it’s complete self-delusion. [simonandschuster.com]

• Confusion

  He's changed the rules; he made us laugh for the first hour, and now he throws in broken bodies and intestines so that we'll be repelled, and confuse our repulsion with a message. [rogerebert.com]

  Catch-22 was originally entitled Catch-18, but the title was altered just before publication; another novel, Mila 18 by Leon Uris, had been recently released, and publisher feared readers would be confused. [litcharts.com]

  The novel marshals and exposes farcical bureaucracy, logistical confusion and a freak show of officers as dangerous as they are absurd: Major Major, the reclusive squadron commander who is bullied by his own men; the sadistic Colonel Cathcart, who keeps [foliosociety.com]

  The action cause Heller’s headset to become detached, causing confusion among his crew. “I’m the bombardier,” Yossarian cried back at him. “I’m the bombardier. I’m alright, I’m all right.” “Then help him, help him,” Dobbs begged. [iwm.org.uk]

Alternative treatments should be subjected to scientific testing no less rigorous than that required for conventional treatments.[10] This definition has been described by Robert L. [en.wikipedia.org]

In fact, by overcoming the odds of the publishing business, Heller fulfilled Starnes’s early prognosis for literary immortality: “Yossarian will, I think, live a very long time.” JONATHAN R. [simonandschuster.com]

Catch-22's, Catch-22s. 1. a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions. 2. any illogical or paradoxical problem or situation; dilemma. 3. a condition, regulation, etc., preventing the resolution of a problem [thefreedictionary.com]

Or, as Cambridge Dictionary puts it, it's "an impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing." [refinery29.com]

The term is introduced to describe the apparent loophole, or catch, that prevents a pilot from asking for a mental evaluation to determine if he’s fit to fly: There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own [merriam-webster.com]

Black is a paranoid anti-Communist and pressures all the men to take loyalty oaths, but out of personal spite prevents Major Major from taking one. [en.wikipedia.org]