aporia

English

Etymology

From Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία, from ἄπορος (aporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (“a-”) + πόρος (poros, “passage”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈpɔːɹɪə/

Noun

aporia (plural aporias)

1. (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
   • 2012, Andy Martin, ‘Text Messenger’, Literary Review 404:

     Meanings are superposed in an aporia – not ‘either/or’, but ‘and/and’.

1. (philosophy) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.

Synonyms

• impasse, paradox, contradiction

Translations

expression of doubt

• Dutch: twijfel (nl), onzekerheid (nl)

• Greek: απορία (el) (aporía) f 

contradiction, logical impasse

• Hebrew: אפוריה (he)
• Russian: апория (ru) (aporíja) f 

External links

• Aporia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Noun

aporia f (plural aporie)

1. aporia

Anagrams

• rapaio

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Portuguese

Verb

aporia

1. first-person singular conditional of apor
2. third-person singular conditional of apor