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Aporia

//əˈpɔɹiə// noun

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Noun

1
An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed. rhetoric
"Aporia oft in doubt and fear will rest, And reason with itself what may be best."
2
An insoluble contradiction, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”). By surface analysis, a- + pore + -ia.

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