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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APORIA

A *po "ri *a, n.; pl. Aporias. Etym: [L., doubt, Gr. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aporia

a po ri a |əˈpôrēə əˌpɔriə | noun an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory: the celebrated aporia whereby a Cretan declares all Cretans to be liars. Rhetoric the expression of doubt. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek, from aporos impassable, from a- without + poros passage.

 

Oxford Dictionary

aporia

aporia |əˈpɔːrɪə, əˈpɒrɪə | noun an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory. [ mass noun ] Rhetoric the expression of doubt. DERIVATIVES aporetic adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek, from aporos impassable , from a- without + poros passage .

 

Spanish Dictionary

aporía

aporía nombre femenino filos Paradoja o dificultad lógica insuperable :la aporía de Aquiles y la tortuga .