aporia
n. expression of doubt (rhetoric); theoretical difficulty, contradiction (logic) | ||||
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Aporia Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Aporia
(n.)
A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
(n.)
A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
aporia
aporia
\a*po"ri*a\ (&?;), n.; pl. aporias (&?;). [l., doubt, gr. &?;, fr. &?; without passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + &?; passage.] (rhet.) a figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
aporia
\a*po"ri*a\ (&?;), n.; pl. aporias (&?;). [l., doubt, gr. &?;, fr. &?; without passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + &?; passage.] (rhet.) a figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
Aporia Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
aporia
poverty; trouble.
poverty; trouble.
| A Dictionary of Postmodern Terms |
aporia
Wonder and amazement before the confusing puzzles and paradoxes of our lives and of the universe. Socrates and the other ancient philosophers tried to evoke the philosophic spirit in young men by awakening their aporia, not by simply providing answers to these puzzles.
Wonder and amazement before the confusing puzzles and paradoxes of our lives and of the universe. Socrates and the other ancient philosophers tried to evoke the philosophic spirit in young men by awakening their aporia, not by simply providing answers to these puzzles.
Aporia Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Aporia
- For the butterflies, see Aporia (genus). For the record label, see Aporia Records.
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