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aporia
n. expression of doubt (rhetoric); theoretical difficulty, contradiction (logic)


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Aporia
For the butterflies, see Aporia (genus). For the record label, see Aporia Records. Aporia (Greek: : impasse; lack of resources; puzzlement; embarrassment ) denotes, in philosophy, a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement, and, in rhetoric, a rhetorically useful expression of doubt.
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aporia (f)
n. aporia, expression of doubt, theoretical difficulty, contradiction (rhetoric)

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apor
v. put, set, append

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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.
  

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