aporia

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noun aporia a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say 3
noun aporia puzzlement occasioned by the raising of philosophical objections without any proffered solutions, esp in the works of Socrates 3
noun aporia a difficulty, as in a philosophical or literary text, caused by an indeterminacy of meaning for which no resolution seems possible 3
noun aporia a condition of uncertainty or skeptical doubt resulting from this 3
noun plural aporia Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say. 1
noun plural aporia Logic, Philosophy. a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. 1

before 1580

One of the 35% oldest English words

1580-90; < Late Latin < Greek: state of being at a loss, equivalent to ápor(os) impassable (see a-6, pore2) + -ia -ia

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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