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aporia definition

apo·ria (ə pôrē ə)

noun

  1. a difficulty, as in a philosophical or literary text, caused by an indeterminacy of meaning for which no resolution seems possible
  2. a condition of uncertainty or skeptical doubt resulting from this

Etymology: L, doubt < Gr, perplexity < aporos, impassable < a-, not + poros, passage: see pore

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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