Definitions For Aporia

Noun

{{examples, sense=rhetoric, examples=But, how can I describe the beauty of the desert?}} APORIA (plural APORIAs) (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed. (philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker. : Synonym: impasse, paradox, contradiction

Translations

Dutch: twijfel, onzekerheid Greek: απορία, f Portuguese: aporia, f German: Aporie , f Hebrew: אפוריה, sc=Hebr Portuguese: aporia, f Russian: апори́я, f Spanish: aporía, f

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, aporia}}, from {{der, en, grc, ἀπορία}}, from ἄπορος, , impassable, from ἀ-, , a- + πόρος, , passage.