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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'aporia' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions aporia noun (plural: aporiae) a figure of speech in which the speaker pauses rhetorically to express uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed: How can I describe the beauty of the desert?. An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning. Any kind of logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker. Etymology: Greek aporia < aporos, impassable: a (without) + poros (passage)        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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