aporia








noun, plural a·po·ri·as, a·po·ri·ae [uhpawr-ee-ee, uhpohr-] /əˈpɔr iˌi, əˈpoʊr-/.

  1. Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
  2. Logic, Philosophy. a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it.

noun

  1. rhetoric a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say
  2. philosophy puzzlement occasioned by the raising of philosophical objections without any proffered solutions, esp in the works of Socrates
n.

1580s, from Latin, from Greek aporia, noun of state from aporos (see aporetic).

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