APORIA


Meaning of APORIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈpȯr-ē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: French aporie, ultimately from Greek aporia difficulty, perplexity, from aporos impassable, from a- + poros passage — more at fare

Date: circa 1550

1. : an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect

2. : a logical impasse or contradiction ; especially : a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

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