aporia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ pore +‎ -ia. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɔːɹɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɔɹiə/ === Noun === aporia (plural aporias) (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed. (philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker. Synonyms: impasse, paradox, contradiction ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English aporia), ultimately from Latin aporia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑporiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝po̞ˌriɑ̝] Rhymes: -iɑ Syllabification(key): a‧po‧ri‧a Hyphenation(key): apo‧ria === Noun === aporia aporia ==== Declension ==== == Galician == === Verb === aporia (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular conditional of apor == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.po.ˈri.a/ Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: a‧po‧ri‧a === Noun === aporia (plural aporia-aporia) (philosophy, rhetoric) aporia === Further reading === “aporia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek. === Noun === aporia f (plural aporie) aporia === Anagrams === rapaio == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈpɔ.rja/ Rhymes: -ɔrja Syllabification: a‧po‧ria === Noun === aporia f (philosophy) aporia (rhetoric) aporia ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === aporia in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Verb === aporia first/third-person singular conditional of apor