aporia
See also: aporía and aporią
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɔːɹɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɔɹiə/
Noun
| Examples (rhetoric) |
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But, how can I describe the beauty of the desert? |
aporia (plural aporias)
- (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
- [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 55:
- Aporia oft in doubt and fear will rest,
And reason with itself what may be best.]
- 2012, Andy Martin, ‘Text Messenger’, Literary Review 404:
- Meanings are superposed in an aporia – not ‘either/or’, but ‘and/and’.
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 9:
- What they intend sickens and frightens them, and they can never speak of it directly. Instead, wrapped in whispers are ellipses, euphemisms, mumbled aporia followed by throat-clearing and a brisk change of subject.
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- (philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.
- Synonyms: impasse, paradox, contradiction
- 2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 3, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, page 19:
- But Green issues are already a contested zone, already a site where politicization is being fought for. In what follows, I want to stress two other aporias in capitalist realism, which are not yet politicized to anything like the same degree. The first is mental health.
Translations
expression of doubt
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contradiction, logical impasse
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Further reading
Aporia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English aporia), ultimately from Latin aporia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑporiɑ/, [ˈɑpo̞ˌriɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): a‧po‧ri‧a
Noun
aporia
- aporia
Declension
| Inflection of aporia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aporia | aporiat | |
| genitive | aporian | aporioiden aporioitten | |
| partitive | aporiaa | aporioita | |
| illative | aporiaan | aporioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aporia | aporiat | |
| accusative | nom. | aporia | aporiat |
| gen. | aporian | ||
| genitive | aporian | aporioiden aporioitten aporiainrare | |
| partitive | aporiaa | aporioita | |
| inessive | aporiassa | aporioissa | |
| elative | aporiasta | aporioista | |
| illative | aporiaan | aporioihin | |
| adessive | aporialla | aporioilla | |
| ablative | aporialta | aporioilta | |
| allative | aporialle | aporioille | |
| essive | aporiana | aporioina | |
| translative | aporiaksi | aporioiksi | |
| instructive | — | aporioin | |
| abessive | aporiatta | aporioitta | |
| comitative | — | aporioineen | |
| Possessive forms of aporia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | aporiani | aporiamme |
| 2nd person | aporiasi | aporianne |
| 3rd person | aporiansa | |
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek.
Noun
aporia f (plural aporie)
- aporia
Anagrams
- rapaio
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈpɔ.rja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrja
- Syllabification: a‧po‧ria
Noun
aporia f
- (philosophy) aporia
- (rhetoric) aporia
Declension
Declension of aporia
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | aporia |
| genitive | aporii |
| dative | aporii |
| accusative | aporię |
| instrumental | aporią |
| locative | aporii |
| vocative | aporio |
Derived terms
adjective
- aporetyczny
nouns
- aporetyk
- aporetyka
Further reading
- aporia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- aporia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Verb
aporia
- first/third-person singular conditional of apor