单词 | aporia |
释义 | aporia[ uh-pawr-ee-uh, uh-pohr- ] / əˈpɔr i ə, əˈpoʊr- / noun, plural a·po·ri·as, a·po·ri·ae [uh-pawr-ee-ee, uh-pohr-]. /əˈpɔr iˌi, əˈpoʊr-/.Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say. Logic, Philosophy. a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. Origin of aporia1580–90; <Late Latin <Greek: state of being at a loss, equivalent to ápor(os) impassable (see a-6, pore2) + -ia-ia Words nearby aporiaapoplexy, apoprotein, apoptosis, apopyle, aporepressor, aporia, aport, aposematic, aposematic coloration, aposiopesis, apospory Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aporia
British Dictionary definitions for aporiaaporia / (əˈpɔːrɪə) / nounrhetoric a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say philosophy puzzlement occasioned by the raising of philosophical objections without any proffered solutions, esp in the works of Socrates Derived forms of aporiaaporetic (ˌæpəˈrɛtɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for aporiaC16: from Greek, literally: a state of being at a loss Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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