# aporia
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /əˈpɔːɹɪə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /əˈpɔɹiə/

### Noun

aporia (plural aporias)
* (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
** [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 55:Aporia oft in doubt and fear will rest, And reason with itself what may be best.]
** 2012, Andy Martin, “Text Messenger”, in Literary Review, section 404:Meanings are superposed in an aporia – not ‘either/or’, but ‘and/and’.
** 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 9:What they intend sickens and frightens them, and they can never speak of it directly. Instead, wrapped in whispers are ellipses, euphemisms, mumbled aporia followed by throat-clearing and a brisk change of subject.
* (philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.
    Synonyms: impasse, paradox, contradiction
** 2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 3, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, page 19: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.
** 2014 May 27, Alison Flood, quoting Eva Illouz, “Fifty Shades of Grey is really a self-help book, says academic”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:EL James's multimillion selling series of novels ‘encodes the aporias of heterosexual relationships’, according to Professor Eva Illouz[.]
** 2018, David Auerbach, Bitwise: A Life in Code‎, Vintage, →ISBN:Plato believed that the core impulse to philosophizing lies in aporia, the point at which, in struggling to understand a phenomenon or answer a question, we come up against a seemingly irresolvable contradiction.

#### Derived terms

* aporic

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English aporia), ultimately from Latin aporia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑporiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝po̞ˌriɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: apo‧ria

### Noun

aporia
* aporia

#### Declension

Possessive forms of aporia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aporiani
aporiani
accusative
nom.
aporiani
aporiani
gen.
aporiani
genitive
aporiani
aporioideni aporioitteni aporiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
aporiaani
aporioitani
inessive
aporiassani
aporioissani
elative
aporiastani
aporioistani
illative
aporiaani
aporioihini
adessive
aporiallani
aporioillani
ablative
aporialtani
aporioiltani
allative
aporialleni
aporioilleni
essive
aporianani
aporioinani
translative
aporiakseni
aporioikseni
abessive
aporiattani
aporioittani
instructive
comitative
—aporioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aporiasi
aporiasi
accusative
nom.
aporiasi
aporiasi
gen.
aporiasi
genitive
aporiasi
aporioidesi aporioittesi aporiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
aporiaasi
aporioitasi
inessive
aporiassasi
aporioissasi
elative
aporiastasi
aporioistasi
illative
aporiaasi
aporioihisi
adessive
aporiallasi
aporioillasi
ablative
aporialtasi
aporioiltasi
allative
aporiallesi
aporioillesi
essive
aporianasi
aporioinasi
translative
aporiaksesi
aporioiksesi
abessive
aporiattasi
aporioittasi
instructive
comitative
—aporioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aporiamme
aporiamme
accusative
nom.
aporiamme
aporiamme
gen.
aporiamme
genitive
aporiamme
aporioidemme aporioittemme aporiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
aporiaamme
aporioitamme
inessive
aporiassamme
aporioissamme
elative
aporiastamme
aporioistamme
illative
aporiaamme
aporioihimme
adessive
aporiallamme
aporioillamme
ablative
aporialtamme
aporioiltamme
allative
aporiallemme
aporioillemme
essive
aporianamme
aporioinamme
translative
aporiaksemme
aporioiksemme
abessive
aporiattamme
aporioittamme
instructive
comitative
—aporioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aporianne
aporianne
accusative
nom.
aporianne
aporianne
gen.
aporianne
genitive
aporianne
aporioidenne aporioittenne aporiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
aporiaanne
aporioitanne
inessive
aporiassanne
aporioissanne
elative
aporiastanne
aporioistanne
illative
aporiaanne
aporioihinne
adessive
aporiallanne
aporioillanne
ablative
aporialtanne
aporioiltanne
allative
aporiallenne
aporioillenne
essive
aporiananne
aporioinanne
translative
aporiaksenne
aporioiksenne
abessive
aporiattanne
aporioittanne
instructive
comitative
—aporioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aporiansa
aporiansa
accusative
nom.
aporiansa
aporiansa
gen.
aporiansa
genitive
aporiansa
aporioidensa aporioittensa aporiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
aporiaansa
aporioitaan aporioitansa
inessive
aporiassaan aporiassansa
aporioissaan aporioissansa
elative
aporiastaan aporiastansa
aporioistaan aporioistansa
illative
aporiaansa
aporioihinsa
adessive
aporiallaan aporiallansa
aporioillaan aporioillansa
ablative
aporialtaan aporialtansa
aporioiltaan aporioiltansa
allative
aporialleen aporiallensa
aporioilleen aporioillensa
essive
aporianaan aporianansa
aporioinaan aporioinansa
translative
aporiakseen aporiaksensa
aporioikseen aporioiksensa
abessive
aporiattaan aporiattansa
aporioittaan aporioittansa
instructive
comitative
—aporioineen aporioinensa :

## Galician
### Verb

aporia
* (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular conditional of apor

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.po.ˈri.a/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: a‧po‧ri‧a

### Noun

aporia (plural aporia-aporia)
* (philosophy, rhetoric) aporia

### Further reading

* “aporia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

### Noun

aporia f (plural aporie)
* aporia

### Anagrams

* rapaio

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈpɔ.rja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrja
* Syllabification: a‧po‧ria

### Noun

aporia f
* (philosophy) aporia
* (rhetoric) aporia

#### Derived terms

* aporetyczny
* aporetyk
* aporetyka

### Further reading

* aporia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Verb

aporia
* first/third-person singular conditional of apor