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aporia

Syllabification: (a·po·ri·a)
Pronunciation: /əˈpôrēə/

Definition of aporia

noun

  • an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory:the celebrated aporia whereby a Cretan declares all Cretans to be liars
  • Rhetoric the expression of doubt.

Origin:

mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek, from aporos 'impassable', from a- 'without' + poros 'passage'

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