Definition of Aporea
||A*po"ri*a (&?;), n.; pl.
Aporias (&?;). [L., doubt, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; without
passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + &?; passage.] (Rhet.)
A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to
pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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