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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•po•ri•a (ə pôr′ē ə, ə pōr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. a•po•ri•as, a•po•ri•ae (ə pôr′ē ē′, ə pōr′-).USA pronunciation - Rhetoricthe expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- Philosophy[Logic, Philos.]a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it.
- Greek: state of being at a loss, equivalent. to ápor(os) impassable (see a-6, pore2) + -ia -ia
- Late Latin
- 1580–90
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