Aporesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Knowing perplexity, knowing the extent of one's wisdom. uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόρησις (apórēsis) synonym of ἀπορία (aporía) and of the same root.

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