/euh pawr"ee euh, euh pohr"-/ , n. , pl. aporias, aporiae /euh pawr"ee ee', euh pohr"-/ .
1. Rhet. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
2. Logic , Philos. a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it.
[ 1580-90; ápor ( os ) impassable (see A- 6 , PORE 2 ) + -ia -IA ]