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Definition of Aporia
1. n. 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.
Definition of Aporia
1. Noun. (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.(examples-right sense=rhetoric examples=''But, how can I describe the beauty of the desert?'') ¹
2. Noun. (philosophy) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning. ¹
3. Noun. (philosophy) Any kind of logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aporia
1. an expression of doubt for rhetorical effect [n -S]
Medical Definition of Aporia
1. Doubt, especially deriving from incompatible views on the same subject. Origin: G. Aporia, difficulty, doubt (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aporia
Literary usage of Aporia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"... sub-genera by Schatz, but the more important of these will be here enumerated
as separate genera. GENUS aporia. aporia, Hübner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. ..."
2. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"... NY Aside from the knowledge of its parasitism, it is of peculiar interest as
belonging to the genus aporia, hitherto recorded only from South America. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1900)
"A miniature edition of aporia. Veins strong, cells closed. Ri more separate from
Ri and a very little nearer end of cell; the costal field above cell is ..."
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