aporia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Examples (rhetoric) |
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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.
- 2012, Andy Martin, ‘Text Messenger’, Literary Review 404:
- Meanings are superposed in an aporia – not ‘either/or’, but ‘and/and’.
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 9:
- What they intend sickens and frightens them, and they can never speak of it directly. Instead, wrapped in whispers are ellipses, euphemisms, mumbled aporia followed by throat-clearing and a brisk change of subject.
- (philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.
- Synonyms: impasse, paradox, contradiction
- 2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 3, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, page 19:
- But Green issues are already a contested zone, already a site where politicization is being fought for. In what follows, I want to stress two other aporias in capitalist realism, which are not yet politicized to anything like the same degree. The first is mental health.
Translations
expression of doubt
contradiction, logical impasse
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English aporia), ultimately from Latin aporia.
Pronunciation
Noun
aporia
Declension
Inflection of aporia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | aporia | aporiat | |
genitive | aporian | aporioiden aporioitten | |
partitive | aporiaa | aporioita | |
illative | aporiaan | aporioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | aporia | aporiat | |
accusative | nom. | aporia | aporiat |
gen. | aporian | ||
genitive | aporian | aporioiden aporioitten aporiain rare | |
partitive | aporiaa | aporioita | |
inessive | aporiassa | aporioissa | |
elative | aporiasta | aporioista | |
illative | aporiaan | aporioihin | |
adessive | aporialla | aporioilla | |
ablative | aporialta | aporioilta | |
allative | aporialle | aporioille | |
essive | aporiana | aporioina | |
translative | aporiaksi | aporioiksi | |
abessive | aporiatta | aporioitta | |
instructive | — | aporioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian
Etymology
Noun
aporia f (plural aporie)
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía).
Pronunciation
Noun
aporia f
Declension
Declension of aporia
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- aporia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- aporia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Verb
aporia
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