Aporia definitions

Search

Aporia

Aporia logo #10101) Contradiction in text 2) Logical contradiction in text
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/aporia

Aporia

Aporia logo #21000 Aporia (Ancient Greek: ἀπορία: `impasse, difficulty of passing, lack of resources, puzzlement`) denotes in philosophy a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement and in rhetoric a rhetorically useful expression of doubt. ==Definitions== Definitions of the term aporia have varied throughout history. The Oxford English Dictionary includes.....
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporia

Aporia

Aporia logo #21000[genus] Aporia, also called as the Black-veined Whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies found in the Palearctic region. ...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporia_(genus)

aporia

aporia logo #22641professed but false doubt of what to say or choose, for rhetorical effect
Found on http://phrontistery.info/a.html

aporia

aporia logo #21032Explained by Samuel Johnson, in his great dictionary (1755), as 'a figure in rhetorick, by which the speaker shews, that he doubts where to begin for the multitude of matter, or what to say in some strange and ambiguous thing; and doth, as it were, argue the case with himself.'
Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

Aporia

Aporia logo #21002• (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.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/aporia/

aporia

aporia logo #20973Doubt, especially deriving from incompatible views on the same subject. ... Origin: G. Aporia, difficulty, doubt ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

Aporia

Aporia logo #22385(Greek
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22385

Aporia

Aporia logo #22429Explained by samuel johnson, in his great dictionary (1755), as 'a figure in rhetorick, by which the
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22429

Aporia

Aporia logo #20972A·po'ri·a noun ; plural Aporias [ Latin , doubt, Greek ..., from ... 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.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/104

Aporia

Aporia logo #20165expression of doubt (often feigned) by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think, say, or do.
*Then the steward said within himself, 'What shall I do?' Luke 16
*Demosthenes, On the Crown 129
Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html

Aporia

Aporia logo #23196An attempt to discredit an opposing viewpoint by casting doubt on it.
Found on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_rhetorical_terms

Aporia

Aporia logo #23818In literature, aporia is an expression of insincere doubt. It’s when the writer or speaker pretends, briefly, not to know a key piece of information or not to understand a key connection. After raising this doubt, the author will either respond to the doubt, or leave it open in a suggestive or “hinting” manner.
Found on https://literaryterms.net/glossary-of-literary-terms/

Aporia

Aporia logo #21203(Gr. aporla) A theoretical difficulty or puzzle. -- G.R.M.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203

aporia

aporia logo #21199the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say. · a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/aporia
No exact match found.